Course 2007-2008 a.y.
8289 - INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS AND COMPETITION POLICY
MM-LS - OSI-LS - AFC-LS - CLAPI-LS - CLEFIN-LS - CLELI-LS - CLEACC-LS - DES-LS - CLEMIT-LS - CLG-LS - M-LS
Department of Economics
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
MM-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - OSI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - AFC-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLAPI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEFIN-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLELI-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEACC-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - DES-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLEMIT-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - CLG-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - M-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI)
Course Objectives
The course aims at equipping students with tools to interpret the economics of competition policy intervention. Moreover, the course will compare the Italian, the European and the US approach to anti-trust policy, and it will discuss prominent Italian and international anti-trust cases.
Course Content Summary
- Competition policy: history, objective, and the law
- Market power and welfare: introduction
- Market definition and the assessment of market power
- Collusion and horizontal agreements
- Horizontal mergers
- Vertical restraints and vertical mergers
- Predation, monopolization and other abusive practices
Detailed Description of Assessment Methods
The exam will be in written form.
Students may take the exam either in two parts: a 1st partial exam and a 2nd partial exam, or as one general exam at the end of the course.
Textbooks
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M. MOTTA, Competition Policy. Theory and Practice, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, last edition.
For further and continuously updated information consult the IEP web site or contact S.I.D. - Servizio Informazioni Didattica - Institute of Economics - via Gobbi, 5 - Room 313.
Last change 15/03/2007 20:51