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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/....

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SN

Feb 3, 2019

Absolutely made me understand firm level economics concepts. Good practice and foundation building.Professor is great and engages will with real life examples and connections.

KM

May 28, 2020

Əvvəlcə qeyd etmək istərdim ki, çox yaxşı bir kursdur. Əminəm ki, bu kursda əhatə olunan materialın intensivliyi və dərinliyi gələcək karyeram üçün müsbət təsir göstərəcəkdir. Təşəkkür edirəm.

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By Kartik N

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Mar 11, 2017

You can't help but like Prof DeBrock. Such a fun course!

By Arushi H

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Jun 13, 2020

Really helpful this was and I got to learn alot. Thanks

By Rene J R A

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Sep 18, 2016

Excellent intro to Firm Level Economics, great teacher.

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Feb 8, 2016

Courses r very benificial but all courses are not freee

By Demet A

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Sep 19, 2020

He is the best ınstructor for this ourse! Thank you :)

By Lukasz T

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Feb 20, 2020

Amazing materials introduced in a very attractive way.

By PRREMITHA J

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Jun 10, 2025

Great explanation and walk thru about supply demand .

By Hung D N

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Jun 19, 2020

Practical and easy to catch with graphs and examples!

By Keita d N

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Apr 26, 2020

Coursera est une très bonne plateforme pour apprendre

By Vishal J

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Aug 29, 2024

It was a very fine course with detailed explanation.

By Dr. C C

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May 5, 2020

very good instructor ..larry u explained really well

By Jing Z

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Jan 2, 2017

Very impressive, The first course on Coursera. Good!

By Lakshya N

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Feb 18, 2016

Awesome course and good instructor!

I liked it a lot!

By Andrei S

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Aug 9, 2017

Great course! I learned a lot about microeconomics.

By Arun P R S

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May 30, 2017

Great course to get your basics of economics right.

By Nehemaiah N

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Mar 16, 2016

The concepts explained well and easy to understand.

By Wu S

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May 19, 2022

Through this module, I learned much new knowledge.

By wendy a s r

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May 23, 2020

the best teacher in economics that i had ever seen

By Gang M

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Feb 6, 2018

This is a great course, and I highly recommend it.

By Koyna G

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Aug 5, 2020

VERY WELL EXPLAINED

GREAT EFFORTS BY SIR AND TEAM.

By Leonard B

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Mar 4, 2020

Great course, very challenging but well worth it.

By Sohaib F

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Feb 27, 2019

Very interesting course for learning price theory

By Cezanne P

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Mar 21, 2021

Larry is a great instructor. Very human approach

By Javier E P

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Aug 1, 2016

Loved the course. Had a wonderful time studying!

By CANTORNE, J B

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Dec 16, 2020

It was able to help me in my subjects in school