To be confirmed.

This course is available on the BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Economic History, BSc in Environment and Development and BSc in International Relations. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

In this course, we use the knowledge of Microeconomics I (EC1A5) to get your ability to analyse economic problems at a higher level. This course teaches microeconomic analysis to let you explore important contemporary questions and special emphasis is given to the question how economic policy can change (economic) outcomes.  You will learn how to understand economic problems by focusing on the key characteristics, choosing the relevant mechanisms and developing a solid intuition. Only a minimal amount of mathematics will be used (in particular with no calculus). Precise topics and readings will be announced and are selected to be of current interest. Recent topics included externalities from road transportation; the trade-off behind unemployment insurance systems; the effectiveness of policies to support peripheral regions; the effects of international economic integration; the patterns of long-run income and wealth inequality; end the economics of global warming.

15 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT.

There are weekly assignments and feedback will be given on two.

There is no set course textbook because of the topical nature of the applications chosen. A list of selected texts and readings will be provided at the start of term, given the topical nature of the topics.

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the January exam period.

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