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Fall 2022  ›  Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration  ›  1st Semester  ›  Foundations of Economics

Principles of the Market Economy, Group D 1

Course Code:
ECON101
Lecturers:
Prof. Dr. Michael Frenkel
Course Type:
BSc Course
Week Hours:
2,0
Term:
Fall 2022
Language:
Deutsch
Credits:
3.0
(Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.)
1. Fundamental elements of economic analysis
2. Supply, demand, and equilibrium in the goods market
3. Demand and supply shocks, price mechanism, and government intervention in goods and factor markets
4. Imperfect competition
5. Market inefficiencies
6. Basic concepts of the macroeconomy
Date
Time
Tuesday, 06/09/2022
08:00 AM till 11:15 AM
Thursday, 08/09/2022
03:30 PM till 06:45 PM
Wednesday, 14/09/2022
11:30 AM till 03:15 PM
Wednesday, 21/09/2022
11:30 AM till 03:15 PM
Tuesday, 27/09/2022
11:30 AM till 03:15 PM
Wednesday, 12/10/2022
11:30 AM till 03:15 PM
The course explains the fundamentals of economic processes in a market economy. The course first looks at basic techniques in economic analyses and then proceeds to the explanation of the determining factors of demand and supply in the goods market. Subsequently, the effects of demand and supply shocks are examined and the effects of a non-competitive market on the market equilibrium are investigated. The course also discusses which government activities can be justified within the framework of a market economy. Here, the focus is on competition policies, tax policies, social policies and general economic stabilization policies.
Mankiw, N. Gregory and Mark P. Taylor: Economics, 5 th edition, Cengage Learning 2020.

Frenkel, M. and Stefan, H. (2021). „Private, öffentliche und andere Güter“, Das Wirtschaftsstudium, Vol. 1, pp. 104-109.

Lecture and exercises
Exam
none
90
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