完整的
课堂讲稿在每一章节中均提供详细之教材大纲。
期末考范本及解答亦可在此取得。
The complete set of
lecture notes provide detailed outlines of the material covered in each session. A sample version of the
final exam is also available, with solutions.
资源稀少的事实迫使个人、企业跟社会去选择在其有限资源中之不同的运用模式（或配置）。因此，本夏季课程的第一部份在于了解经济学家如何建构个别消费者及企业选择过程之模式，以及市场如何运作以协调这些选择。本夏季课程也检视市场如何透过经济学家之市场效率准则以有效的执行上述此项功能。
总体而言，本课程重心在于微观经济，同时穿插一些宏观经济及国际贸易议题。本课程主要强调在分析公司决策及公共政策，以及评估美国及国际商业环境变动下理论、资料与评论之整合。
The fact of scarcity forces individuals, firms, and societies to choose among alternative uses – or allocations – of its limited resources. Accordingly, the first part of this summer course seeks to understand how economists model the choice process of individual consumers and firms, and how markets work to coordinate these choices. It also examines how well markets perform this function using the economist's criterion of market efficiency.
Overall, this course focuses on microeconomics, with some topics from macroeconomics and international trade. It emphasizes the integration of theory, data, and judgment in the analysis of corporate decisions and public policy, and in the assessment of changing U.S. and international business environments.
