wir932 - International Regulatory and Competition Policy (Complete module description)
| Module label | International Regulatory and Competition Policy |
| Module code | wir932 |
| Credit points | 6.0 KP |
| Workload | 180 h |
| Institute directory | Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Business Administration and Business Education) |
| Applicability of the module |
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| Responsible persons |
Huse, Cristian (Module responsibility)
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| Prerequisites | No |
| Skills to be acquired in this module | The aim of the course is to acquire an understanding of key issues of competition theory and competition policy. This comprises the fundamentals of industrial economics, the tradeoff between market power and efficiency, and the practice of competition policy in Europe. |
| Module contents | The module consists of two courses. Course A deals with the theory of monopoly, the theory of oligopoly, cartels and market entry and the welfare analysis of market structure. Course B deals with topics in international regulatory and competition policy, especially monopoly regulation, economies of scale vs. market power in transnational markets, aims and instruments of European regulatory and competition policy. |
| Reader's advisory | Massimo Motta: Competition policy: theory and practice Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004. |
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| Language of instruction | English |
| Duration (semesters) | 1 Semester |
| Module frequency | jährlich |
| Module capacity | unlimited |
| Modullevel / module level | --- |
| Modulart / typ of module | je nach Studiengang Pflicht oder Wahlpflicht |
| Lehr-/Lernform / Teaching/Learning method | Vorlesung und Seminar |
| Vorkenntnisse / Previous knowledge |
| Course type | Comment | SWS | Frequency | Workload of compulsory attendance |
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| Lecture | 2 | 28 | ||
| Course or seminar | 4 | WiSe | 56 | |
| Total time of attendance for the module | 84 h | |||
| Examination | Time of examination | Type of examination |
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| Final exam of module | By the end of the lecture period |
Portfolio comprising 2 short written tests (20 minutes each) and the presentation of an essay. |