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Microeconomics: When Markets Fail

University of Pennsylvania

Delve into the complexities of real markets with the Microeconomics: When Markets Fail course, offered by the University of Pennsylvania. This comprehensive journey through market imperfections and failures equips learners with the knowledge and critical thinking skills needed to understand, analyze, and evaluate market outcomes in the real world. Through a series of engaging modules, you will explore the implications of market imperfections and potential remedies, including antitrust policy, regulation, and government intervention.

Throughout the course, you will examine real-life examples of market imperfections, providing practical relevance to the theoretical concepts explored. By applying economic theory to current events and policy debates, you will gain a deeper understanding of the impact of market imperfections on society and the economy. This course is designed to empower you to think critically and make informed evaluations of market outcomes, preparing you to engage with complex economic issues and contribute to meaningful discussions on market efficiency and failure.

  • Explore market imperfections and their impact on efficiency
  • Analyze potential remedies, including antitrust policy and government intervention
  • Apply economic theory to real-life examples and current events
  • Develop critical thinking skills to evaluate market outcomes

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Microeconomics: When Markets Fail
Course Modules

Microeconomics: When Markets Fail offers a comprehensive exploration of market imperfections, remedies for market failures, and their implications for efficiency. Engage with real-life examples and current events to develop critical thinking skills and evaluate market outcomes.

Costs and Profits + Perfect Competition

Costs and Profits + Perfect Competition

  • Gain insights into the concepts of costs, profits, and perfect competition
  • Understand the implications of market imperfections on profit maximization
  • Explore the efficiency implications of perfect competition
  • Participate in a Purdue Research Project (Optional) to deepen understanding

Monopoly

Monopoly

  • Examine the characteristics of monopoly and its impact on market efficiency
  • Analyze the efficiency loss under a monopoly compared to perfect competition
  • Explore real-life examples of monopoly and its implications

Monopoly Continued

Monopoly Continued

  • Investigate natural monopoly and its implications for market efficiency
  • Understand price discrimination and its impact on market outcomes
  • Explore the characteristics and implications of monopolistic competition

Externalities + Public Goods

Externalities + Public Goods

  • Examine the concept of externalities and its impact on market efficiency
  • Analyze the role of government intervention in addressing externalities
  • Explore the characteristics and implications of public goods

Asymetric Information and Inequlity

Asymetric Information and Inequlity

  • Investigate adverse selection and moral hazard in market transactions
  • Analyze the complexities of poverty, inequality, and income redistribution
  • Prepare for the final exam with a focus on measuring poverty
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