Università Roma Tre

MICROECONOMICS
Prof. A. Trezzini

The Microeconomics course deals with the part of the economic analysis that has as its object the determination of the exchange value of individual goods, as well as the related problem of income distribution.
In the first part of the course the fundamental elements concerning the single productive processes and their mutual relations are exposed.
The second part of the course considers how the problem of the exchange value of goods and the distribution of the product has been dealt with within the theoretical framework of classical economists.
The third part of the course examines the basic elements of the marginalist microeconomics. The theory of production and firms in perfect competition and the theory of consumer and exchange are analysed.
The fourth part of the course is dedicated to theories of firm and individual industry in monopoly and oligopolistic conditions.
A fifth concluding part will be dedicated to a comparison between the two alternative approaches to the problems of value and distribution: the classic one and the marginalist one.

Dispensa n.1 Elementi di teoria della produzione (materiale didattico redatto dal Prof. R: Ciccone in collaborazione con il Dott. Trezzini)
Dispensa n.2 La teoria classica della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi (materiale didattico redatto dal Prof. R: Ciccone in collaborazione con il Dott. Trezzini) compresa l'Appendice A ed esclusa l'Appendice B.
Dispensa n.3 La teoria marginalista della distribuzione e dei prezzi relativi (materiale didattico redatto dal Prof. R: Ciccone in collaborazione con il Dott. S. Fratini) pagine 1-11
H.R.Varian, Microeconomia, Cafoscarina, settima edizione.

1. Introduction: Methods of economic analysis. Demand and supply. Price elasticity of demand. 2. Consumer theory: Preferences and utility. Consumer choice. Theory of demand. 3. Production theory: The production process. Costs minimization. Cost curves. 4. Market forms: Prefect competition. Monopolistic markets. Monopoly. Price discrimination. 5. Other topics: Game theory and strategic behavior. Risk and information. General equilibrium theory.

David A. Besanko e Ronald R. Braeutigam, Microeconomia, McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.
Further material will be provided during classes through the course web-site.

The first part of the course will introduce consumption and production theories. These theories are the fundamental components of equilibrium theory in perfectly and imperfectly competitive markets and in monopoly, and they will be analyzed in the second part of the course. The third and final part of the course will address issues such as the analysis of information asymmetries, externalities and public goods.

Frank R.H. e Cartwright E., Microeconomia, Mc Graw-Hill, 7a edizione, 2017.