Base Knowledge
Basics of Mathematics.
Teaching Methodologies
Presentation and discussion of topics related to the syllabus.
Accompaniment of groups of students in the elaboration of the works.
Learning Results
It is intended that students know the basic economic concepts and principles that govern the functioning of the economy, both at the microeconomic and macroeconomic level.
In the first part, it is intended that students master fundamental microeconomic concepts and that, faced with a problem, they feel able to analyze it and present proposals using economic reasoning.
The second part, dedicated to macroeconomics, aims to provide students with a view of the functioning of the economy as a whole, through knowledge of the main macroeconomic variables, the indicators used in the measurement and the main relationships between these variables.
Program
1. Fundamentals
2. Microeconomics
2.1. Demand (demand function, demand law, and the positioning of the demand curve)
2.2. Supply (supply function, the supply law, and the positioning of the supply curve)
2.3. Market equilibrium (price, quantity and surplus)
2.4. State intervention in the market (price control policies, taxes and subsidies)
2.5. The consumer’s rational choice (preferences, income and optimal)
2.6. The producer’s rational choice (production function, cost structure, principle of profit maximization)
3. Macroeconomics
3.1. Long-term analysis (growth theory) versus short-term analysis (fluctuations)
3.2. Measurement of economic activity: main indicators
3.3. Economic policy: main objectives and instruments
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Frank, Robert (2006), Microeconomia e Comportamento, McGraw-Hill, 6.ª Edição.
Frank, Robert; Bernanke, Ben; (2007), Principles of Macroeconomics, McGraw-Hill, 3rd Edition.
Mateus, Abel (2006), Economia Portuguesa – Crescimento no contexto internacional (1910-2006), 3.ª Edição, Verbo Editora, Lisboa.
Pinheiro, António C.A.; Carvalho, Maria Leonor da S. (2003), Economia e Política Agrícolas, Edições Sílabo, 1.ª Edição.
Samuelson, Paul; Nordhaus, William (2012), Economia, McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, 19.ª Edição.