Principle of Microeconomics

課程內容

第0章, 課程介紹 

第1章: 經濟學是什麼? 

• • * The Value of Control Groups in Causal Inference (and Breakfast Cereal)  by Gary King, March 24, 2017

  • * Correlation is not causation, The Guardian, 2012/1

  • Child-Friendly Divorce (demand for divorce) by Daniel Hamermesh from Freakonomics  

  • Born on the 1st of July from Sydney Morning Herald, June 19, 2006 

  • Unintended consequences of rent control  by Rebecca Diamond from The Brookings 2018/10

  • Survey: To market, to market  from The Economist Jul 19, 2003

第2章: 誘因與選擇 

• • * Higher education—Why textbooks cost so much, Economist, 2014/8/16; beamer; ProQuest

  • * Gary Becker, On the Economics of Capital Punishment; beamer

  • Reselling media content—Seconds to go, Economist, 2013/3/23; ProQuest

  • Dreams of fields—The quest for secure property rights in Africa, Economist, 2020/9/12; ProQuest

  • Growth and Institutions, IMF, 2003

  • Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate, New York Times, 2007/11/18; beamer

第3章: 消費者需求 

• • * Virtual Products, Real Profits, WSJ, 2011/9/9; beamer

  • * The Economist explains—Why doing a cost-benefit analysis is harder than it looks, Economist, 2014/4/23; beamer; ProQuest

  • Free exchange—Net benefits, Economist, 2013/3/9; beamer; ProQuest

  • Tusks, skins and waste recycling—For the natural world, China’s rise may not be so worrisome, Economist, 2018/1/14; ProQuest

  • Marriage market: Demand, meet supply from The Economist Nov 28, 2015

第4章: 比較利益 

• • * Comparative advantage—The boomerang effect, Economist, 2012/4/21; beamer; ProQuest

  • Fatal flaws—Covid-19’s death toll appears higher than official figures suggest, Economist, 2020/4/4; ProQuest

  • How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work, NYT, 2012/1/21

  • David Barboza, Before Wisconsin, Foxconn Vowed Big Spending in Brazil. Few Jobs Have Come, NYT, 2017/9/20

  • Free exchange—A trade economist wins the John Bates Clark medal, Economist, 2017/4/22; ProQuest

  • Kraemer, Linden, and Dedrick, Capturing Value in Global Networks: Apple’s iPad and iPhone, 2011

第5章:  價格與資源配置 

• • * Taxis v Uber—Substitutes or complements?, Economist, 2015/8/10; beamer; ProQuest

  • * 果菜市場

    1. 張芷瑄, 颱風與菜價, 2019

    2. 許筑婷, 產地農夫與盤商之交易, 2019/12

    3. 諶淑婷, 果菜批發市場夜未眠, 2016

    4. 中盤商攔農民搶菜, 《自由時報》, 2007/10/17

  • Sharing economy

    1. Peer-to-peer rental—The rise of the sharing economy, Economist, 2013/3/9; ProQuest

    2. Four legs good, four wheels better—The sharing economy, African style, Economist, 2017/11/11; ProQuest

  • Organ market

    1. Tina Rosenberg on the Kidney Market in Iran, Econlib, 2015/9/19

    2. What’s wrong with selling kidneys?, NYTimes, 2008/6/20

    3.  Alvin Roth on Matching Markets  from Econtalk June 6, 2015 

第6章: 價格機能 

• • * 口罩哪裡來?, 2020/3/12; beamer

  • 口罩哪裡去了?, 2003/3/6

  • * Open Markets—A healthy re-examination of free trade’s benefits and shocks, Economist, 2018/5/4; beamer; ProQuest

  • 國際貿易

    1. Chinese imports and US labor market: The China Syndrome The Economist  Feb 6, 2016.

    2. 勝選絕非意外─川普如何靠抓對經濟論述擊潰民主黨和希拉蕊  想想論壇 by 劉錦龍、劉錦添 11 月 17, 2016

    3. Capturing Value in Global Networks: Apple’s iPad and iPhone  by Kraemer, Linden, and Dedrick 2011

    4. Good thing, or bad?; Fair trade  from The Economist  July 5 2014 

    5. The great chain of China—China’s grip on electronics manufacturing will be hard to break, Economist, 2018/10/11; ProQuest

    6. Who shot the sheriff?—It’s the end of the World Trade Organisation as we know it, Economist, 2019/11/30; ProQuest

    7. Trade blockage—The world trading system is under attack, Economist, 2018/7/19; beamer; ProQuest

    8. Free trade—Coming and going, Economist, 2016/10/1; beamer; ProQuest

    9. Taiwan, America and meat wars—Gored, Economist, 2012/3/8; beamer; ProQuest

  • 服貿協議

    1. 吳聰敏, 貿易自由化的利與弊—以海峽兩岸服務貿易協議為例, 2014/6/19

    2. 吳聰敏, 從服貿協議爭議看台灣的困境, 2014/3/27

第7章: 價格管制 

• • 吳聰敏: 經濟學家觀點：從台灣管制史對應今年蛋荒，其實不該發生？

  • Price Controls by Hugh Rockoff at Econlib 

第8章: 外部成本與外部利益 

• • * Pigouvian taxes, Economist, 2017/8/19; beamer; ProQuest

  • * Free exchange—One of the giants, Economist, 2013/9/7; beamer; ProQuest

  • Orange Blossom Special: Externalities and the Coase Theorem by Michael Munger at Econlib 

  • Jam every day—How and why road-pricing will happen, Economist, 2017/8/3; beamer; ProQuest

  • “Sin” taxes, Economist, 2018/7/26; ProQuest

  • 捷運環狀線試車好吵, 《自由時報》, 2019/1/26

  • Rob Harmon: How the market can keep streams flowing  on TED

  • The Pigou Club Manifesto  from Greg Mankiw's Blog

  • Everything we know about AIDS in Africa is wrong by Emily Oster on TED

第9章: 共有資源與公共財 

• • Rescuing lighthouses—On some mighty eagle’s beak, Economist, 2012/3/31; ProQuest

  • Private Property Rights to Wildlife: The Southern African Experiment

  • Cod's warning from Newfoundland  from BBC 16 December, 2002

  • Newfoundland cod fishery: Lessons not learned?  from Youtube Jun 29, 2017

  • 台大校長選舉的經濟學分析 by 樊家忠 at 看雜誌, 2018年5月5日

第10章: 彈性 

• • * On firmer ground—The time may be right for land-value taxes, Economist, 2018/8/9; beamer; ProQuest

  • Income elasticity: Smoking is an inferior good (sometimes): Consumption from The Economist Apr 29, 2010.

  • Elasticity of employment: Wage against the machine  from The Economist Jul 8, 2017

  • Cross-price elasticity: Camel demand soars in India  from Financial Times May 3, 2008.  (link is fixed)

第11章: 課稅與補貼 

• • * Gaokao gruel—The world’s most important exam is flawed, Economist, 2018/6/30; beamer; ProQuest

  • Roland Fryer—From the hood to Harvard, Economist, 2015/5/2; beamer; ProQuest

  • German universities—Mediocre, but at least there’re free, Economist, 2011/7/2; ProQuest

  • Lexington—Stick or carrot?, Economist, 2012/1/9; ProQuest

  • Economics focus—Tax from scratch, Economist, 2010/11/13; ProQuest

第12章: 生產與成本 

• • * Free exchange—Land of the corporate giants, Economist, 2012/11/3; beamer; ProQuest

  • 電業自由化, 學者憂恐現能源貧民, 《自由時報》, 2016/12/2

  • Schumpeter—Why do firms exist? Economist, 2010/12/16; ProQuest

第13章: 完全競爭市場 

• • A remedy for high prices—A study measures the cost of lack of competition, Economist, 2018/11/15; beamer; ProQuest

  • The “sunk-cost fallacy”, LA Times, 2006/9/17; beamer

第14章: 獨占 

• • * Online prices—Caveat emptor.com, Economist, 2012/6/30; beamer; ProQuest

  • * Economics focus—The unkindest cuts, Economist, 2009/8/22; beamer; ProQuest

  • * Free exchange—Pricing the surge, Economist, 2014/3/29; beamer; ProQuest

  • A $750,000 Taxi Medallion, a Driver’s Suicide and a Brother’s Guilt, NYT, 2019/12/23

  • From the many to the few—Companies appear to be gaining market power, Economist, 2018/7/7; beamer; ProQuest

  • Free exchange—The “free” economy comes at a cost, Economist, 2017/8/24; beamer; ProQuest

  • 超商咖啡齊漲挨罰, 《自由時報》, 2014/4/19

  • Schumpeter—Flexible figures, Economist, 2016/1/28; ProQuest

  • Government-controlled firms—State capitalism in the dock, Economist, 2014/11/22; ProQuest

  • China’s state capitalism—Not just tilting at windmills, Economist, 2012/8/6; ProQuest

  • Fair trade—Good thing, or bad?, Economist, 2014/1/5; ProQuest

  • This video  explains why the concept of monopolies are incompatible with the free market, and actually the result of non-market (government) forces.

  • Gary Becker on privatizing highways  and the concern about monopoly power. Another article on privatizing the post office

  • Lin Chuan, former Treasurer in Taiwan, argued that Taipower's monopoly status leads to over-investment.  His argument is based on Averch and Johnson's theory.  Their paper  is fairly easy to digest.

  • State capitalism in the dock; Government-controlled firms from The Economist Nov 22, 2014.

  • Not just tilting at windmills from The Economist Oct 6, 2012

  • Price Discrimination and the Future of Movies Econlib Nov 2, 2020

第15章:  寡占與獨占性競爭

• • * OPEC—Making the best of a low price, Economist, 2014/12/6; beamer; ProQuest

  • * How America Broke OPEC, WSJ, 2018/12/14; beamer

  • * Implications of COVID-19 for the US shale industry, Deloitte, 2020

  • 美躍我第一大供油國, 《自由時報》, 2019/12/26

  • The ins and outs—How to fix what has gone wrong with the internet, Economist, 2018/6/30; beamer; ProQuest

  • Not so Froogle—The European Commission levies a huge fine on Google, Economist, 2017/7/1; ProQuest

  • Trustbusting in the internet age—Should digital monopolies be broken up?, Economist, 2014/11/27; ProQuest

  • 石油生產商遭遇 「囚徒困境」, WSJ, 2014/12/24

  • 台鋼廠遭加國課反傾銷, 《自由時報》, 2016/12/23

  • America’s economy—Dear petrol, back again, Economist, 2012/2/14; beamer; ProQuest

第16章: 薪資與勞動市場 (week 14)

• • 非薪資報酬, 主計總處

  • Minimum wages

    1. * Leaving a bad taste—Higher minimum wages may make bad restaurants close, Economist, 2017/4/29; beamer; ProQuest

    2. * Who pays? A study suggests that higher minimum wages hit poorer bosses’ pockets, Economist, 2020/1/2; beamer; ProQuest

    3. 283萬勞工, 月投保薪是基本工資, 《TVBS新聞網》, 2017/8/15

    4. Free exchange—Economists argue about minimum wages, Economist, 2017/7/8; ProQuest

    5. Focus—Minimum wage, Economist, 2013/4/16; beamer; ProQuest

    6. Free exchange—The argument in the floor, Economist, 2012/11/24; ProQuest

  • 証照制度

    1. Schumpeter—Rules for fools, Economist, 2011/5/14 beamer; ProQuest

    2. 民俗療法未列管, 監院糾正衛署, 《自由時報》, 2010/3/5

    3. Occupational Licensing, the White House, 2015

    4. Barriers to entry in the legal profession—Not enough lawyers?, Economist, 2011/9/3; ProQuest

  • 現場工人談工地安檢, 《自由時報》, 2016/12/28

  • Free exchange—Nice work if you can get out, Economist, 2014/4/22; beamer; ProQuest

  • Free exchange—Part-time palaver, Economist, 2015/9/19; ProQuest

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