| Institute of Food and Resource Economics | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: 4 hour written examination Project Report Weight: 70% Writen Examination 30% Project Report 13-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | THE COURSE I OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE STUDY YEAR 2006/07. Lectures Exercises Project Work | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 1 Week Structure: C | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Food Markets and Organization | ||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||
| Basic Science: Elements of Basic Economics, and scientific methodology Applied Science: Advanced Industrial Organization Theory Applied industrial organization Industrial policy, competition, and anti-trust Agricultural Production, And technology are important ellements here. Ethics & Values A part of this course is Industrial Policy. This gives the students the opportunity to learn applied welfare optimization. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||
| This course is a natural sequence to "Food Markets & Organization". It provides advanced game-theoretic tools of I.O. Furthermore it goes beyond the structure-Conduct-performance paradigm into industrial policy analysis, competition & regulation and builds on applications to Danish and international food markets | |||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||
| Theory of the Firm Monopoly and Price Discrimination Oligopoly Theory Vertical Control Product Differentiation Information & Strategic Behavior Industrial Policy and Anti-Trust Empirical Industrial Organization with Application to Food Markets | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The teaching is based on lectures that presents central elements of the course curricullum. Furthermore the students will work individual or in groups solving both practical and theoretical exercises. Also in groups the students will do project work under the supervision. There will be Food insustry visits duing the course. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Jean Tirole (1994), "The Theory of Industrial Organization", Cambridge MA: The MIT Press 2. Stephen Martin (1993), "Industrial Economics", Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 3. Various Journal Articles and Industry Reports | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Kostas Karantininis, kok@life.ku.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Production and Technology Division, Phone: 35332276 | |||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee NSN | |||||||||||||||
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