ECO 365 Week 5 Theory of Consumer Choice and Frontiers of Microeconomics

Week 5 exposes students to subjects that are intended to whet their appetites for further study in economics. Students will use the theory of consumer choice and the impact of the concepts of asymmetric information, political economy, and behavior economics, to describe how consumers make economic decisions. 

Assignment Steps 

Scenario: You have been asked to assist your organization’s marketing department to better understand how consumers make economic decisions. 

Write a 1,050-word analysis including the following: 

• The impact the theory of      consumer choice has      on:         

  Demand curves
  Higher wages
  Higher interest rates

• The role asymmetric information      has in many economic transactions.
• The Condorcet Paradox and      Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem in the political economy.
• People are not rational in      behavior economics. 

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook. 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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