Microeconomics

In this site you will find information about the contents and the instructors of the course, as well as useful materials and references.

COORDINATOR
Philipp Denter

BACHELOR DEGREES
Economics, Economics-Law, Economics-International Studies, Business Administration (BA), BA-Law, BA-Computer Science, Firms and Technology, and Finance and Accounting.

OBJETIVES
The course provides students with adequate instruments for the analysis of the behavior of the more representative economic agents: consumers and firms. The use of calculus makes these instruments functional and helps fixing the main ideas. Applications are discussed with the purpose of facilitating understanding and showing the potential of the analysis.

PRERREQUISITES
Student must be familiar with differential calculus.

TEXTBOOKS

The textbook that offers a treatment closest to that of the course is:

R. Serrano and M. Feldman: Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus, Ibergarceta.

Another text that appropriately covers the course content is:

T. Nechyba: Intermediate Microeconomics: An Intuitive Approach with Calculus, Cengage Learning.

Textbooks that offer a less formal treatment but provide more motivation and examples are:

H. Gravelle and R. Rees: Microeconomics, Pearson-Prentice Hall
J. Hey: Intermediate Microeconomics, McGraw-Hill.
R. Pindyck and D. Rubinfeld: Microeconomics, Prentice Hall.

GRADING
The course grade (CG) will be calculated on the basis of the grades obtained in five short quizes (T), a midterm exam (ME) and a comprehensive final exam (FE) according to the formula:

CG = 0.6 * FE+0.3 * ME + 0.1 * T.

    EXAMS' SCHEDULE
    Midterm Exam: TBA (Consumer Theory)
    Ordinary Final Exam: May 12, 2026, 18:00-21:00 (Comprehensive)
    Extraordinary Final Exam: TBA (Comprehensive).