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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 ā€œrationsā€ the scarce commodity. You will be able to: ā€¢ Describe consumer behavior as captured by the demand curve and producer behavior as captured by the supply curve ā€¢ Define equilibrium and explain the impact of taxes and price controls on market equilibrium ā€¢ Explain elasticity of demand ā€¢ 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 Businessā€™ 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

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.

SH

Aug 13, 2020

Larry is an excellent teacher--clear, concise, and entertaining. This was a refresher course for me (I majored in Econ at Berkeley 40 yrs ago) and reminded me why I chose to study it!

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By Ahsan F

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Feb 9, 2020

Loved the course. Very well explained

By Jay K

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Feb 5, 2019

whole a lot to learn from this course

By jeferson s d s

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Oct 28, 2017

Ć³timo 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.

By umair h

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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 13, 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.

By Niraj S T

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Aug 22, 2023

Consumer and Producer Behavior

By Akhmadaliev M

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Jan 4, 2022

It was great course. Thank you

By Jaya P S K

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Jul 26, 2020

Excellent course! Very usefull