Micro Economics (Theory of Consumer Behavior)

This Exam Covers the Following Topics.

  1. Utility Analysis
    • Cardinal Utility Analysis
    • Ordinal Utility Analysis
    • Total Utility and Marginal Utility
    • Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
  2. Indifference Curve Analysis
    • Definition and Properties of Indifference Curves
    • Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS)
    • Indifference Map
    • Perfect Substitutes and Complements
  3. Budget Constraints
    • Budget Line and its Properties
    • Shifts in Budget Line
    • Changes in Income and Prices
    • Consumer’s Optimum Choice
  4. Consumer Equilibrium
    • Conditions for Consumer Equilibrium
    • Tangency Condition between Budget Line and Indifference Curve
    • Effect of Changes in Income and Prices on Consumer Equilibrium
  5. Demand Theory
    • Law of Demand
    • Movement along the Demand Curve
    • Shifts in the Demand Curve
  6. Elasticity of Demand
    • Price Elasticity of Demand
    • Income Elasticity of Demand
    • Cross Elasticity of Demand
  7. Types of Goods
    • Normal Goods
    • Inferior Goods
    • Giffen Goods
    • Luxury Goods
    • Substitute and Complementary Goods
  8. Income and Substitution Effects
    • Decomposition of Price Effect
    • Hicksian and Slutsky Approaches
  9. Revealed Preference Theory
    • Basic Assumptions and Axioms
    • Weak Axiom of Revealed Preference (WARP)
    • Strong Axiom of Revealed Preference (SARP)
  10. Consumer Surplus
    • Definition and Calculation
    • Changes in Consumer Surplus
  11. Engel Curves
    • Relationship between Income and Quantity Demanded
    • Graphical Representation of Engel Curves

 

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