Information Package / Course Catalogue
Microeconomics II
Course Code: ECON212
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

In this course, it is aimed to understand how producers make economic decisions such as production, cost, price, advertising and marketing under different market conditions, to understand how supply and demand and market equilibrium are formed in factor markets, to understand how economic decisions of producer and consumer decision units in multiple markets are made and why the market mechanism fails.

Course Content

In this course, theories explaining firm behaviour and decision-making processes in perfect competition and imperfect competition markets, theories explaining equilibrium in factor markets, general equilibrium and welfare theories and analyses determining market efficiency will be taught.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Necmiye CÖMERTLER
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will be able to define perfect competition and analyse short and long run equilibrium in perfect competition.
2.Students will be able to define monopoly market and analyse equilibrium in monopoly market in short and long run.
3.Students will be able to define oligopoly market and explain market equilibria in oligopoly market.
4.Students will be able to define monopolistic competition, analyse firm equilibrium, idle capacity and inefficiency in monopolistic competition.
5.Students will be able to define factor markets, analyse the pricing of factors of production in factor markets and factor market equilibrium under different market assumptions.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Zeynel Dinler (2021) Mikro Ekonomi. Ekin Yayınları (32. Baskı)
2.Abdullah Özdemir, Mümin Eser (2021) Mikro İktisat. Alter Yayıncılık (7. Baskı)
3.Paul R. Krugman, Robin Wells (2023) Ekonomi. Palme Akademik Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Perfect Competition
Week 2 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Perfect Competition
Week 3 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Imperfect Competition - Monopoly
Week 4 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Imperfect Competition - Oligopoly
Week 5 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Imperfect Competition - Oligopoly
Week 6 - Theoretical
Price Theory - Equilibrium in Imperfect Competition - Monopolistic Competition
Week 7 - Theoretical
Game Theory
Week 8 - Theoretical
Production Factors Price Analysis
Week 9 - Theoretical
Production Factors Price Analysis
Week 10 - Theoretical
General Equilibrium Economics
Week 11 - Theoretical
Welfare Economy
Week 12 - Theoretical
Market Failures: Public Goods
Week 13 - Theoretical
Market Failures: Externalities
Week 14 - Theoretical
Market Failures: Asymmetric Information
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Midterm Examination125328
Final Examination135338
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-5
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OÇ-1
5
5
3
2
3
2
2
4
2
3
3
3
OÇ-2
5
5
3
2
3
2
2
4
2
3
3
3
OÇ-3
5
5
4
2
3
2
3
4
2
3
3
3
OÇ-4
5
5
3
2
3
2
2
4
2
3
3
3
OÇ-5
5
5
3
2
3
2
2
4
2
3
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026