ØASØK2000 Mikroøkonomi II Emneplan

Coursework requirements from MALK 4000-401, 4000- 402, 4000- 403, MALKA 211, MALKA 212 and MALKA 213 or equivalent must be approved to participate and submit coursework requirements in MALKA214.

Each answer paper is assessed by two examiners, one external and one internal.

Ingen

Kunnskaper

Studenten har kunnskap om

• handel og internasjonal økonomi
• tilpasning under usikkerhet og håndtering av risiko
• spillteori og strategisk adferd
• informasjonsøkonomi (manglende informasjon og asymmetrisk informasjon)
• skatteøkonomi: Effektivitets- og fordelingsvirkninger
• nyttekostnadsanalyse
• miljø- og ressursøkonomi
• næringsøkonomi
• oligopol
• reguleringspolitikk
• privatisering og konkurranseutsetting
• adferdsøkonomi og eksperimentell økonomi

Ferdigheter

Studenten kan

• gjøre rede for ulike mikroøkonomiske teorier på et analytisk nivå
• anvende mikroøkonomisk teori på anvendte samfunnsøkonomiske temaer

Exam content: Learning outcomes

Form of examination: Individual written examination with invigilation, 4 hours

Examine: One internal and one external examiner

Grading scale: A grading scale of A (highest) to F (lowest) where A to E is a pass grade and F is a fail grade

Examination support materials

None.

Syllabus

Alloway, T., Graham, J., & Wilson, G. (2012). Sniffy: The virtual rat: Pro version 3.0 . Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth.[Bare bruk av CD-ROM er pensum]

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis.Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1 (1), 91-97. doi:10.1901/jaba.1968.1-91.[Go to full text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.hioa.no/pmc/articles/PMC1310980/pdf/jaba00083-0089.pdf]

Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1987). Some still current dimensions of applied behavior analysis.Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 20 (4), 313-327. doi:10.1901/jaba.1987.20-313[Go to full text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.hioa.no/pmc/articles/PMC1286071/pdf/jaba00102-0014.pdf]

Bailey, J. S. & Burch, M. (2011). Ethics for behavior analysts   (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. [Kap. 1-13] [Also available as eBook: https://login.ezproxy.hioa.no/login?url=http://www.hioa.eblib.com/EBLWeb/patron?target=patron&extendedid=P_668863_0]

Baldwin, J. D., & Baldwin, J. I. (2001). Behavior principles in everyday life   (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. [Kap. 1-9]

Catania, A. C. (2013). Learning  (5th ed.). New York, NY: Sloan Publishing. [Kap. 1-4]

Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2007). Applied behavior analysis  (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill. [Kap. 1-24 og kap. 29] [Also available as eBook: https://www-dawsonera-com.ezproxy.hioa.no/abstract/9781292036397 ]

Delprato, D. J. (2002). Countercontrol in behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 25 (2), 191-200. [Go to full text:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.hioa.no/pmc/articles/PMC2731607/pdf/behavan00008-0065.pdf]

Fisher, C. B. (2012). Decoding the ethics code: A practical guide for psychologists  (3rd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.[Kap. 1-2]

Grant, L. & Evans, A. (1994). Principles of behavior analysis . New York, NY: Harper Collins College.[Kap. 1]

Sidman, M. (2004). The analysis of human behavior in context. The Behavior Analyst , 27 (2), 189-195. [Go to full text:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.hioa.no/pmc/articles/PMC2755400/pdf/behavan00004-0059.pdf]

Watson, D. L., & Tharp, R. G. (2014). Self-directed behavior: Self-modification for personal adjustment   (10th ed.). Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.[Kap. 1-5] [Also available as eBook: https://www-dawsonera-com.ezproxy.hioa.no/abstract/9781473711389]

(Literature list last updated: 2016-01-05 in the APA 6th style /libr. Kjeller)

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• the development of different types of property
• how real estate markets are affected by the location and status of cities, urban and population growth, travel times, travel and transport costs
• the main segments in the real estate market
• land use/hire market (urban economics) versus the property ownership market (financial economics)
• market indicators for the property markets and financial and non-financial key figures for property
• the principles for and methods of valuing property and calculating returns on property
• the financing and depreciation of property

Skills

The student is capable of

• applying academic knowledge to analyse the property markets
• applying academic knowledge to perform own/hire analyses and to value property
• applying academic knowledge to calculate the return on property investments
• applying academic knowledge to calculate alternative costs for property

General competence

The student is capable of

• critically reflecting on the development, procurement, use, change and disposal of property
• seeing the subject in a greater societal perspective
• exchanging points of view and experience with other specialists/experts and contributing to developing good practice

The course will include lectures, exercises, and discussions of literature. The lectures will partly be based on interteaching sequences using literature from the curriculum. Students analyze the data collected in the self-management experiment in MALKA 211. Practical training in the execution and interpretation of functional analysis are included.

Students submit 2 written assignments according to the deadlines in the course schedule.

Assignment 1: describing an experiment from a case description, max 10 pages including references

Assignment 2: deliverables with different statistical calculations

Reliability; validity; generality; single subject designs; group designs; component analysis; descriptive and inferential statistics; functional analysis; developmental milestones in children.

A supervised, individual four-hour exam is held at the end of the semester.

See a separate list of allowed aids that will be published before the exam.