ECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS

MANT581

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Markets and Prices / Fundamentals of Supply and Demand
2^nd Week	Consumer Behavior
3^rd Week	Individual and Market Request
4^th Week	Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior
5^th Week	Production, Production Costs
6^th Week	Profit Maximization and Competitive Supply
7^th Week	Analysis of Competitive Markets
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Market Reward Price
10^th Week	Game Theory
11^th Week	Factor Markets
12^th Week	Investment, Time and Capital Markets
13^th Week	Economic Activity
14^th Week	Asymmetric Information, Externalities and Public Goods

Recommended or Required Reading

Robert Pindyck and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, 8th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Presentation of Case Study	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)