Programme Outlines and Overviews

Microeconomic Foundations of Economic and Financial Analysis 7.5 credits

Course content

The Course provides an introduction to the economic analysis of the behavior of economic agents and institutions. The main topics covered are: - The methodology of economic analysis - Formal representations of the behaviour of consumers and firms - Investment decisions - Games and strategic behaviour - Competitive market analysis - Analysis of oligopolistic markets and markets with asymmetric information - Contracts and their incentive properties The coverage of the analytical tools enables the students to immediately apply such tools to concrete problems, and provides the foundations for further studies in Economics and in Finance.

Entry requirements

The applicant must hold the minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (i.e. the equivalent of 180 ECTS credits at an accredited university) with at least 90 ECTS credits in business administration, economics, computer engineering, industrial engineering and management, or equivalent.

Level: Second cycle

Course/Ladok-code: JMFR27

School: Jönköping International Business School