European Competition Policy
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Content | 1.Organization issues 2.What is Economics about? 3.Microfoundations (consumers) 4.Microfoundations (firms) 5.Perfect Competition and Monopoly 6.Monopsony, Oligopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopsony and public policies in theory 7.Market Power in Indonesia 8.Competition Policy, History, Objectives, Laws 9.Competition Policy in EU 10.Collusion and horizontal agreements 11.Horizontal mergers 12.Vertical restraints and vertical mergers 13.Predations, monopolisation, and other abusive practices |
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Lecture Slides Course materials will be provided via Moodle.
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Literature |
Micro neoclassic: 1.Varian (2014): Intermediate Economics, 9th Edition. (“Varian”) 2.Samuelson and Nordhaus (2010): Economics, 19th Edition. (“S+N”) Heterodox: 3.Hill and Myatt (2010): The Economics Anti-Textbook. A critical thinker’s guide to Microeconomics. (“H+M”) 4.Keen (2011): Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition. The Naked Emperor Dethroned? (“Keen”) 5.Howards et. al. (2015): Economics. An Introduction to Traditional and Progressive Views. 7th edition. (“Howards”) Market Power in practice: 6.Kopp and Sexton. „Farmers, Traders, and Processors: Buyer Market Power and Double Marginalization in Indonesia“. 7.American Journal of Agricultural Economics (forthcoming) Competition Policy 8.Motta (2004): Competition Policy: Theory and Practice. (“Motta”) There will be reading material available for each session. |