Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 3
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Economics
- School:
- Economics
- Coordinator:
- Dr Enda Hargaden
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Curricular information is subject to change
After completing this module students should be able to:
1. Provide an historical perspective on the size of the state, and on the level of and trends in inequality;
2. Understand and demonstrate the First and Second Welfare Theorems as applied to a simple exchange economy;
3. Discuss the efficiency costs (e.g. deadweight losses) and incidence (statutory versus economic) of taxation;
4. Justify the role of the state on efficiency grounds (e.g. correction of market failures due to externalities, public good provision, adverse selection);
5. Justify the role of the state on equity grounds (e.g. concave social welfare, risk aversion);
6. Describe the main results of optimal taxation;
7. Apply the theoretical concepts to analyze policies in the real world.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 22 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Total | 102 |
ECON 20010 Intermediate Microeconomics
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous Assessment: A series of six in-class pop quizzes. Each quiz will take a few minutes, and your highest five scores will count towards your grade. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 15 |
Continuous Assessment: A series of take-home problem sets. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 15 |
Examination: 2 hour exam | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 70 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
---|---|
Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Continuous assessment will be graded on a Check/Check plus/Check minus scale. Check Plus implies the submission is entirely complete and correct, possibly with very minor errors. Check implies the submission is very substantially complete and correct. Check Minus implies there are noteworthy deficiencies (e.g. failure to complete instructions, mathematical mistakes) in the submission.
Name | Role |
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Biniyam Gezahegn Worku | Tutor |