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Presentation
Presentation
Introduce the basic concepts and tools essential to understanding economic science.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT32-98
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Fundamentals of Mathematics
The Fundamentals of Economics
market forces
consumer theory
producer theory
Public goods, common resources and externalities
The production decisions of companies
market structures
Income inequalities and poverty
National Accounts
production and growth
Unemployment and the labor market
savings and investment
single currency zone
Future of the European Union
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Objectives
Objectives
Acquire familiarity with economic reasoning. Understand how economic reality works. Make appropriate use of the instruments available to economic theory. Simulate market situations. Relate the concepts of inflation and unemployment.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Case studies will be presented and discussed in class by students, concerning atual subjects.
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References
References
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Mankiw, N. Gregory (2021). Principles in Economics (9th edition). South-Western College Publishing.
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António Fernandes, E. Pereira, J. P. Bento, M. Madaleno, M. Robaina (2021), Introdução à Economia. 3ª Edição, Edições Silabo.
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Wilkinson, N. & Klaes, M. (2012). An Introduction to Behavioral Economics (2nd edition). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Glenn Hubbard, Anthony P. O¿Brien (2007). Microeconomics (2nd edition). Prentice Hall
- Mankiw, N. Gregory (2012). Macroeconomics (8ª ed.). Worth Publishers, New York, U.S.A.
- Nabais, Carlos & Ferreira, Ricardo (2012). Microeconomia - Lições e exercícios (2ª edição). LIDEL, Lisboa, Portugal
- Samuelson and Nordhaus (2009). Economics (19th edition). McGraw-Hill.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No