Postgraduate - UnitBEX6650 - Research topics in advanced microeconomics

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0 points, SCA Band 3, 0.000 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Economics
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Birendra Rai

Synopsis

Advanced topics in microeconomics and current research and policy issues. Topics may include an in-depth study of general equilibrium, mesoeconomics, new classical economics of specialisation, transaction costs, and inframarginal analysis, principal agent models and incentive regulation.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

possess technical proficiency to initiate and pursue PhD level research
be capable of developing an original research topic
be in a position to undertake research in microeconomics and related fields.

Assessment

Option 1: Within semester assessment: 100%
Option 2: Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Birendra Rai

Prerequisites

Students will be required to achieve a mark of at least 70% in all mandatory 6000 level course work which needs to be completed prior to confirmation.

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in course 0029 to undertake this unit.

Prohibitions

ECC6650