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Syllabus

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Learning Objectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
At the end of the Course students should be able to understand and apply the logical approach of game theory and microeconomics to :
Study anticompetitive practices in oligopolies and the role of competition policy
Study markets with limits to competition and the regulatory policies

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
At the end of the Course students should be able to apply the knowledge on anticompetitive practices and regulatory policies in oligopolistic/monopolistic markets

MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
At the end of the course students should be able to analyze market practices and regulatory policies.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
At the end of the course students should be able to analyze ex-ante and ex-posts regulation in markets with limits to competition and prepare presentations to discuss their effects


PAOLO BUCCIROSSI

Prerequisites

Microeconomics

Program

The course focuses on the law and economics of competition policy.
All the topics will be studied from both a theoretical perspective and an applied one. Microeconomic theory models will be used to explain incentives of firms and consumers. Case studies will allow to understand real world applications.

Books

• Motta M., Competition Policy. Theory and Practice, 2004 Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press.

Bibliography

• Bailey, E. M., G. K. Leonard, G. S. Olley, and L. Wu, Merger Screens: Market Share-Based Approaches Versus “Upward Pricing Pressure”, The Antitrust Source, February 2010.
• Buccirossi P. and G. Spagnolo, Optimal Fines in the Era of Whistleblowers. Should Price Fixers still Go to Prison?, V. Goshal and J. Stennek (Eds.) The Political Economy of Antitrust, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007.
• Lear, The cost of inappropriate interventions/non interventions under Article 82, A report prepared for the Office of Fair Trading, 2006, only chapter 2, available at http://www.learlab.com/publication/the-cost-of-inappropriate-interventionsnon-interventions-under-article-82/
• Motta M., Competition Policy. Theory and Practice, 2004 Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press.

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures, group discussions and group presentations

Exam Rules

Written exam. Students who withdraw or fail an exam may NOT take the exam again in the same exam session.


ALBERTO IOZZI

Prerequisites

Microeconomia

Program

The course focuses on three main topics: the law and economics of antitrust policy and the economics of regulation.
All the topics will be studied from both a theoretical perspective and an applied one. Microeconomic theory models will be used to explain incentives of firms and politicians. Case studies will allow to understand real world applications.

Books

• Auriol, E., C. Crempes e A. Estaches, 2022. Regulating Public Services: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice. CAmbridge University Press.

Bibliography

• Auriol, E., C. Crempes e A. Estaches, 2022. Regulating Public Services: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice. CAmbridge University Press.

Teaching methods

Traditional lectures and group discussions

Exam Rules

Written exam. Students who withdraw or fail an exam may NOT take the exam again in the same exam session.