Winter Term 2022/2023
Bachelor
| Title (Link to ILIAS course) | Contents | Eventtype (Link to course catalog) |
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| Industrial Organisation II | The lecture covers different aspects of oligopolistic market structures such as research and development, patent races and horizontal and vertical mergers. Furthermore, vertical restrictions such as price fixing or market closure are analysed and newer developments of industrial economics, e.g. network effects and two-sided markets are discussed. | Lecture |
Master
| Title (Link to ILIAS course) | Contents | Eventtype (Link to course catalog) |
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| Topics in Competition Theory and Policy | The lecture deals with the numerous new developments and question that have arisen in recent years in the area of competition theory and policy. These include e.g. the analysis of markets with network effects as well as two-sided markets, that give rise to new competitive problems. Further, questions with respect to the design of leniency programs, private cartel enforcement, and the related question of the quantification of cartel damages are discussed in detail, using the latest economic literature. Further developments concern the questions of alternatives to the concept of market definition, the effects of behavioural economics approaches on competition theory and policy, or question of optimal penalties for competition offences. | Lecture |
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| Advanced Microeconomics and Game Theory | The course provides an introduction to the basic concepts of axiomatic preference and utility theory. The central aspects of consumer and production theory are presented and strategic behaviour of economic agents is analysed. For this purpose, the major concepts of gamc theory are introduced at an ambitious frmnal Ievel. The mathematical Ievel of the course is advanced. | Lecture |
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Seminare
| Title (Link to ILIAS course) | Contents | Eventtype (Link to course catalog) |
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| Industrial Organisation Seminar | In this seminar, current topics of industrial economic research are discussed. | Seminar (Bachelor) |