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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/....

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Feb 17, 2020

Larry is one of my all time favorite professors. No one teaches price theory like him. He makes the material entertaining and creates an enjoyable learning experience. I wish he taught more courses.

KS

Sep 12, 2019

This was awesome. I did not know Firm Level Economics when I joined this course. The explanations were simple and Prof DeBrock explained really difficult concepts in a very easy to understand manner.

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Nov 16, 2020

Improved knowledge. Gained many skills

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Sep 18, 2019

Great class and Even better instructor

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Apr 19, 2020

Great course and amazing explanations

By Ahsan F

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Feb 8, 2020

Loved the course. Very well explained

By Jay K

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Feb 4, 2019

whole a lot to learn from this course

By jeferson s d s

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Oct 27, 2017

ótimo curso e um excelente professor.

By Mehdi J

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Aug 4, 2021

Amazing course, M Larry is the best!

By Fathima R K

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Aug 10, 2020

The concepts were explained lucidly.

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Apr 2, 2020

Excellent course and great learning.

By Erik W

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Sep 9, 2019

Great Introduction to price theory!

By Rifky V R

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Jun 17, 2021

its a good, thanks for your course

By Adithyan S

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Nov 24, 2020

ONE OF THE BEST COURSE IN COURSERA

By Virat K

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Oct 2, 2020

Good way to provide good knowledge

By Romayne W

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Apr 12, 2020

This is a very interesting course.

By V.V.L.N. S

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Oct 31, 2019

This is a good course. I liked it.

By Mitesh M

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Apr 7, 2021

It's useful for commerce students

By TINNI P

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Jul 25, 2020

He made it so easy to understand.

By Breno P R

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Jun 22, 2020

Really good course for beginners.

By Mariano S C

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Oct 4, 2019

great, to the point and fast pace

By Kalpana v

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Jan 7, 2022

it was more of fun and enriching

By James S

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Mar 5, 2018

Great class and great Professor!

By Yannick D

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Dec 10, 2023

Professor DeBrock is very good.

By Dharmesh K K

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Dec 27, 2020

very good knowledge in coursera

By Ritesh J

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Jun 12, 2020

Very good course for beginners.