| 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 Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: 1. Two (2) hours written examination in lecturehall. 2. Each student specify their individual contribution to the project report and will be assessed accordingly Weight: 50% Writen Examination 50% Project Work 7-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 26 January 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Oral presentation of project report | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures Exercises Project Work | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: C | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | None | ||||||||||||||
| 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 individually or in groups solving both practical and theoretical exercises. Also in groups the students will do project work under supervision. There will be Food insustry visits during the course. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address" | |||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||
| 1. MAIN TEXT: Jean Tirole (1994), "The Theory of Industrial Organization", Cambridge MA: The MIT Press 2. OTHER LITERATURE: 2a. Stephen Martin (1993), "Industrial Economics", Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 2b. 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 Philipp Festerling, phf@foi.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Production and Technology Division, Phone: 35332299 | |||||||||||||||
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