770G35 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Nationalekonomi
Microeconomic Analysis: Rationality, equality, and sustainability
Active · next start HT 2026
65%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TENT · 15 Jan 2026 · 26 students
54%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TENT · 109 students
63%
Harder than 63% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 45 students.
Exam
TENT Written Examination
- VG
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
54% passed · 109 students
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- 79%19
- 42%64
Re-exams
76% passed · 135 students
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- 100%11
- 58%12
- 92%12
- 43%14
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- 86%28
- Pass the re-exam: 76% (135 students), compared with 54% (109 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 21% (244 students)
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Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
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Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
SEMI Seminars
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 120 students
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- 100%79
Later rounds
100% passed · 77 students
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- Pass a later round: 100% (77 students), compared with 100% (120 students) on the ordinary exam
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About the course
Aim
After the course the student should be able to:
- Explain how economic theory can be used in different ways to analyse socially relevant problems in the areas of behavioural economics, equality, and sustainability.
- Explain how microeconomic theory and analysis are affected by information and knowledge asymmetries as well as individuals' limited rationality, different identities, opportunities for strategic behaviour and betrayal.
- Describe current examples of empirical research in the areas of behavioural economics, equality, and sustainability.
- Demonstrate the ability to independently and critically analyse economic issues in the areas of behavioural economics, equality, and sustainability.
- Demonstrate the ability to make societal and ethical assessments when discussing issues in the areas of behavioural economics, equality, and sustainability.
- Demonstrate insight into the role of economic theory as an analytical tool in society, its limitations, and people's responsibility for how it is used.
Content
The course starts with neoclassical theory with a focus on how the theory can be used in different ways and develops to analyse current societal problems related to people's rationality, equality and sustainability. The course deals with how one can, in microeconomic analysis and empirical research, take into account and investigate the effects of:
- Asymmetric information and knowledge relationships between individuals.
- The limited rationality or irrationality of individuals.
- The identity of individuals.
- Individuals' opportunities for strategic behaviour and betrayal.
The course will study a selection of current applications taken from behavioural economics, economic research on discrimination, and economic research on sustainability.
- Examiner
- Göran Hägg
- Main field of study
- Nationalekonomi