基本情報/Basic Information

開講科目名 ／Course	Introductory Lectures(必修)／INTRODUCTORY LECTURES
開講所属 ／Course Offered by	経済学部国際環境経済学科／ECONOMICS ECONOMICS ON SUSTAINABILITY
ターム・学期 ／Term・Semester	2023年度／2023 Academic Year　　春学期／SPRING SEMESTER
曜限 ／Day, Period	水1／Wed 1
開講区分 ／semester offered	春学期／Spring
単位数 ／Credits	2.0
学年 ／Year	3,4
主担当教員 ／Main Instructor	高畑　純一郎

担当教員情報/Instructor Information

教員名 ／Instructor	教員所属名 ／Affiliation
高畑　純一郎	国際環境経済学科／ECONOMICS ON SUSTAINABILITY

授業の目的・内容 ／Course Objectives	This course is an advanced level subject of "Microeconomics" and "Macroeconomics" in order to acquire "expertise in economics" indicated by DP and CP of the Faculty of Economics. The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop their skills for considering various economic policies to economic issues by applying basic concepts and analytical methods of microeconomics. Lectures will be provided in English, but questions asked in Japanese will be replied in Japanese. この講義は経済学部のDPとCPによって示される「経済学の専門知識」を習得するための「ミクロ経済学」と「マクロ経済学」の上級レベルの科目です。この講義の目標は、ミクロ経済学の基本的な概念や考え方、分析手法を応用し、種々の問題に対応する経済政策を考えられるようになることです。講義は英語で行われますが、日本語でなされた質問には日本語で回答するようにします。
授業の形式・方法と履修上の注意 ／Teaching method and Attention the course	This course will be conducted in-person, and the recorded materials will be available online. First, the concept of the topic will be explained, and then the topic will be explained using an example. After that, exercises will be given, and each student will be asked to solve them, and the explanations will be given to deepen their understanding. Each topic is based on the previous one, and students are required to review the topics learned once. Questions can be asked at any time by chat or e-mail so that the students can understand better the content of the lecture. In addition, after submitting the assignments given during the lecture, and after the submission deadline for the mid-term and final assignments, suggested answers to the assignments will be shown so that each student can review and understand the wrong part. この講義は対面形式で行い、録画もオンライン公開します。最初にトピックの概念を説明し例でトピックを説明します。 その後、演習を行い、理解を深めるための説明を行います。 各トピックは前のトピックに基づいており、すでに学んだトピックを理解する必要があります。講義を理解できるようにいつでも質問を受け付けます。
事前・事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study	Students are recommended to have knowledge of introductory level of microeconomics for understanding this course. It is expected that the lecture materials posted on the website will be studied before the lecture (about 2 hrs). It is desirable to work on the exercises during the lecture again after the lecture to deepen the understanding of the contents(about 2hrs). 講義開始までに経済学(ﾐｸﾛ)の内容を学習しておくことが望ましい。また事前にホームページに掲載しておく講義資料を、講義に備えて予習することが期待される(2時間程度)。講義中の演習問題は講義終了後にも再度取り組んで、内容の理解を深めることが望ましい(2時間程度)
テキスト1 ／Textbooks1	書籍名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社 ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
テキスト2 ／Textbooks2	書籍名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社 ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
テキスト3 ／Textbooks3	書籍名 ／Title 著者 ／Author name 出版社 ／Publisher ISBN ／ISBN その他（任意） ／other
参考文献等1 ／References1	書籍名/ｻｲﾄ名 ／Title Principles of Microeconomics 著者 ／Author name N. Gregory Mankiw 出版社/URL ／Publisher Cengage Learning ISBN ／ISBN 978-0357133484 その他（任意） ／other
参考文献等2 ／References2	書籍名/ｻｲﾄ名 ／Title Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach 著者 ／Author name Hal R. Varian 出版社/URL ／Publisher W.W. Norton & Company ISBN ／ISBN 978-0393689891 その他（任意） ／other
参考文献等3 ／References3	書籍名/ｻｲﾄ名 ／Title Microeconomics 著者 ／Author name Robert S. Pindyck and Daniel L. Rubinfeld 出版社/URL ／Publisher Pearson Education Limited ISBN ／ISBN 978-1292213316 その他（任意） ／other
評価方法 ／Evaluation	Midterm and final assignments, and homeworks are evaluated with weights of 60% and 40%, respectively. 中間期末課題(60％)、講義期間中の課題(40％) 講義中の課題(40%)、中間・期末課題(60%)とし、AA，A，B，C，F の 5段階で評価します。評価の目安は以下のとおりです； AA: 担当教員が課す標準的課題（計算問題・記述問題など）を完全にこなし、その上、発展的課題にも十分に対応した A: 担当教員が課す標準的課題（計算問題・記述問題など）を完全にこなし、その上、発展的課題にも対応した B: 担当教員が課す標準的課題（計算問題・記述問題など）を完全にこなした C: 担当教員が課す標準的課題（計算問題・記述問題など）をある程度こなした F: 上記以外
関連科目 ／Related Subjects	Microeconomics　ミクロ経済学
備考 ／Notes	No textbook will be used in this class.　この講義ではテキストを使用しません。
到達目標 ／Learning Goal	国際環境経済分野の専門領域について、英語の講義内容を理解し、英語で議論できるようにする。

回 ／Time	授業計画（主題の設定） ／Class schedule	授業の内容 ／Contents of class	事前・事後学修の内容 ／Before After Study
1	Introduction	Various fundamental concepts in economics are introduced.	Important concepts studied are necessary to understand more advanced topics in this course.
2	Comparative Advantage	Students should be able to understand the idea of comparative advantage.	Understanding comparative advantage is helpful to study international economics.
3	Households and Utility Maximization	Students should be able to understand consumer behavior.	Utility maximization is a basic tool for understanding microeconomics.
4	Firms and Profit Maximization	Students should be able to understand producer behavior.	Profit maximization is a basic tool for understanding microeconomics.
5	Welfare Analysis and Pricing Policies	Students should be able to understand the effects of price regulations on welfare.	Pricing policies are involved with tax policies learned in the following class.
6	Welfare Analysis and Tax Policies	Students should be able to understand the effects of tax policies on welfare.	Implementing appropriate tax policies will improve economic welfare.
7	General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics	Students should be able to understand general equilibrium.	Fundamental theorem of welfare economics is involved with market failure.
8	Market Failure	Students should be able to understand the cases when equilibrium allocations are inefficient.	Under market failure, various public policies are required to improve resource allocation.
9	Non-competitive Markets and Policies	Students should be able to understand different types of market structures.	Profit maximization is used in this class to understand monopoly firm's behavior.
10	Game Theory	Students should be able to apply basic game theory to oligopoly.	Duopoly is studied to be compared with competitive firms and monopoly firm.
11	Public Goods and Policies	Students should be able to understand government policies when public goods exist.	Market provision of public goods is studied in the framework of game theory.
12	Externalities and Policies	Students should be able to understand government policies to externalities.	Externalities is a type of market failure which is required to be fixed by public policies.
13	Desirable Tax System	Students should be able to understand desirable tax system.	Raising some tax revenue is necessary for implementing public policies efficiently.
14	Ricardian Equivalence Theorem	Students should be able to understand neutrality with bond issuance.	When raising tax revenue is not enough, issuing bond is a choice to finance government spending.