ECC4384 - Mathematical economics
6 points, SCA Band 0 (NATIONAL PRIORITY), 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate, Postgraduate Faculty of Business and Economics
Leader(s): Associate Professor Christis Tombazos
Offered
Clayton Second semester 2009 (Day)
Australia (Other) Second semester 2009 (Off-campus block of classes)
Synopsis
The unit will cover, in mathematical terms, many of the areas treated more intuitively in first-year microeconomics, eg: consumer demand, the theory of the firm, equilibrium and Pareto optimum. However, a significant portion of the lectures will deal with topics not covered earlier, such as non-linear programming, game theory, and dynamic optimisation.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
Prerequisites
ECC2000 or equivalent
Prohibitions
06 July 2009
07 July 2009