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About the Course

All goods and services are subject to scarcity at some level, which requires that society develop some allocation mechanism to determine who gets what. Over recorded history, these allocation rules were usually command based, meaning that the king or the emperor would decide. In contemporary times, most countries have turned to market-based allocation systems. In markets, prices act as rationing devices, encouraging or discouraging production and encouraging or discouraging consumption to find an equilibrium allocation of resources. To understand this process, businesses construct demand curves to capture consumer behavior and consider supply curves to capture producer behavior. The resulting equilibrium price “rations” the scarce commodity. You will be able to: • Describe consumer behavior as captured by the demand curve and producer behavior as captured by the supply curve • Define equilibrium and explain the impact of taxes and price controls on market equilibrium • Explain elasticity of demand • Describe cost theory and how firms optimize given the constraints of their own costs and an exogenously given price This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/....

Top reviews

EO

Jul 7, 2020

It was a very interesting course. The instructor taught really well and all his teachings were very easy to understand. I learnt a number of valuable lessons and skills in this course.

JA

Sep 20, 2020

A background knowledge of microeconomics would most likely help many. The lectures were awesome but acing the quizzes might be difficult for anyone with little foreknowledge in microeconomics.

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By Anu K D

Nov 6, 2021

wonderful

By 597_A_Devesh Y

Oct 28, 2020

amazing

By ROOPA. A

Sep 18, 2020

Helpful

By VAKKALAGADDA V

Mar 9, 2021

GREAT

By Dadi Y L S 2

Dec 8, 2022

good

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May 2, 2022

GOOD

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Mar 16, 2021

Good

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Mar 6, 2021

NICE

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Oct 3, 2020

good

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Jun 27, 2020

good

By Rahul B

Jun 13, 2020

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By Waduge P P

May 21, 2020

good

By RAGHAVI K

May 16, 2020

good

By Jeni S

Mar 13, 2016

Very few topics are covered. Although all the topics that are included are explained very beautifully.

By O. I E

Nov 18, 2020

The best about this course is Professor DeBrock. That is it.

By Kingsley O

Jul 22, 2017

Particularly like its focus current on events.

By Ejezie N

Jul 17, 2023

I so helpful

By JAHNAVI C 3

Mar 1, 2021

Good

By Nayan J

Jan 16, 2022

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By Yevgenii P

May 5, 2019

Pretty useless as a part of Online MBA. I assume Managerial Economics is a common course for every MBA, but in its current version, the course doesn't provide much value. It won't help me understand the business or the industry better. The knowledge is really general and not related to actual life. Even examples are from Industry sector, while all modern economies are powered by the Service sector.

Still, thank you for not adding formulas and complex calculations (so far). The quality of video, audio, and graphs is okay as well.

By Aditya

Apr 7, 2026

i am enable to download certificate why are offering courses if can not handle error who ever made this shitty course is a gay . U know how much trouble and headech it gave i hope u go to hell bitch u son of whore .

By Jayasinghe M S S J

Jun 11, 2020

I cannot earn my certificate without give identify card image .how I trust this course. I want get my certificate

By Amit K

Jul 28, 2020

Unable to audit the entire program.

By EBIN J

Jul 17, 2020

Good