0 points, SCA Band 2, 0.000 EFTSL
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Synopsis
Mathematical preliminaries; static optimisation theory; introduction to calculus of variations and optimal control theory; necessary and sufficient conditions; investment theory: costs of adjustment, neoclassical, Q theory; consumption theory; use of duality theory; growth models; Hamilton Jacobi theory; discrete time stochastic models; selected current applications.
Outcomes
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
- understand the theories of static optimisation, including the first and second order conditions for the multi-dimensional case
- analyse mathematically how changes in the economic environment affect economic agents' optimal decisions
- analyse dynamic optimisation problems faced by economic agents
- develop students' ability to access frontier research in economics that routinely makes use of many mathematical concepts in optimisation theories.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 40% + Examination: 60%
Workload requirements
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester.
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