MVŠO:P1MIK Microeconomics - Course Information
P1MIK Microeconomics
Moravian Business College Olomoucwinter 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Guaranteed by
- doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.
Moravian Business College Olomouc - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Economics and Management (programme MVŠO, 1100)
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation (programme MVŠO, 1140)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of the classical stream of microeconomic theory, thereby establishing a general foundation for the study of specialized economic disciplines in subsequent years of study. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Characterize basic economic categories and principles from the perspective of contemporary microeconomic theory, explain the behavior of individual market subjects in partial markets, argue for the attainment of equilibrium in the market for goods and services and in the market for factors of production, define the determination of the optimum for rational market behavior of households and firms, evaluate the behavior of firms in perfectly and imperfectly competitive markets, assess market failures, define microeconomic policy of the state.
- Syllabus
- 1.Introduction to the Study of Economic Theory.
- 2.Market Formation, Basic Elements and Functions of the Market.
- 3.Consumer Behavior: Utility and Demand.
- 4.Producer Behavior: Costs and Supply.
- 5.Supply of a Perfectly Competitive Firm.
- 6.Imperfect Competition and Its Forms. Monopoly.
- 7.Imperfect Competition and Its Forms. Oligopoly. Monopolistic Competition.
- 8.Alternative Goals of the Firm. Factor Markets. Land Market.
- 9.Labor Market.
- 10.Capital Market.
- 11.Market Failures. Microeconomic Policy of the State.
- 12.Measurement of Income Inequality. General Equilibrium and Efficiency.
- Literature
- required literature
- HOLMAN, R., 2016. Ekonomie. 6. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck. ISBN 978-80-7400-278-6.
- JÍLKOVÁ, E. a J. ŠKRABAL, 2018, 2024. Mikroekonomie. Olomouc. Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc, o.p.s.
- JUREČKA, V. a kol., 2018. Mikroekonomie. 3., aktualizované a rozšířené vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing a.s., ISBN 978-80-271-0146-7.
- recommended literature
- HOŘEJŠÍ, B. a J. SOUKUPOVÁ. 2018. Mikroekonomie. 6. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing. ISBN 978-80-7261-538-4.
- JÍLKOVÁ, E.,2012. Mikroekonomie. Olomouc: Moravská vysoká škola Olomouc. ISBN 978-80-7455-038-6.
- MACÁKOVÁ, L. a kol., 2010. Mikroekonomie – základní kurs. 11. vyd. Praha: Melandrium Slaný. ISBN 978-80-86175-70-6.
- MANKIW, N. G., 2014. Principles of Microeconomics. 7th ed. South-Western College Pub. ISBN 978-12-8516-590-5.
- SAMUELSON, P. A. a W. D. NORDHAUS., 2013. Ekonomie. 19. vyd. Praha: NS Svoboda. ISBN 978-80-2050-629-0.
- VLČEK, J., 2016. Ekonomie a Ekonomika. Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80-7552-190-3.
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Zápočet: docházka na cvičení (min. 80 %), průběžné zápočtové testy (min. 60 %), závěrečný zápočtový test (min. 70 %).
Zkouška: udělený zápočet, ústní zkouška. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on completion of the course: Zápočet, zkouška
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
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