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                Doctorate and Masters in Economics 
                 
                 DISCIPLINE: Microeconomic Theory I              CODE: MDPTEC001 
                                                                  
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                 Lucas Jóver Maestri                              
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                 PREREQUISITES: 
                 None. It is open to all master and Ph.D. students. 
                  
                 CONCENTRATION AREA: 
                 Economic Theory. 
                  
                 STUDY PLAN 
                  
                 Course Microeconomic Theory I 
                    This is the first course of the microeconomic sequence. It will cover consumer theory, production 
                 theory, choice under uncertainty and basic elements of monotone comparative statics. The text book 
                 is MWG (1995) and we will cover chapters 1-6. 
                  
                    This course will be more formal than the typical undergraduate microeconomic courses. The student 
                 should be able to understand formal language and use it to communicate. There will be weekly problem 
                 sets, which will count for 5% of the grade. The first exam counts for 45% and the final for 50%. 
                     
                 GOALS 
                 Study the consumer´s demand, the consumer´s choice under risk, the expected utility, the  aggregation 
                 of the consumer´s demand and the firm´s behavior in competitive markets. 
                 BIBLIOGRAPHY  
                  
                 References 
                  
                      1) Athey, Susan (2002). Lecture Notes on Monotone Comparative Statics and Producer Theory. 
                 Avaiable on https://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/athey/documents/producer_theory_and_MCS.pdf 
                       
                      2) Jehle, Geo¤rey and Philip Reny (2011). 3rd Edition. Advanced Microeconomic Theory. Prentice 
                 Hall. Simpler than MWG, with additional material. 
                       
                      3) Mas-Colell, Andreu, Micheal Wintson and Jerry Green (MWG) (1995). Microeconomic Theory. 
                 New York: Oxford university Press. Course Textbook 
                       
                      4) Varian, H. (1992). Microeoconomic Analysis, 3rd Edition. New York. W.W. Norton. Good start 
                 for the students who are having difficulty reading the MWG. 
                       
                 
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       GRADUATE – Disciplines Menu 
       Doctorate and Masters in Economics 
        
        
           Praia de Botafogo, 190 – 11º andar – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – CEP: 22250-900 – Brasil 
                  Tel.: (55 21) 3799-5479/Fax: (55 21) 2552-4898