Insegnamento a.a. 2006-2007

8289 - INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS AND COMPETITION POLICY

GM-LS - MM-LS - OSI-LS - AFC-LS - CLAPI-LS - CLEFIN-LS - CLELI-LS - CLEACC-LS - DES-LS - CLEMIT-LS - CLG-LS

Department of Economics

Course taught in English

Go to class group/s: 31

GM-LS (6 credits - II sem. - AI) - 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)

Course Director:
CHIARA FUMAGALLI

Classes: 31 (II sem.)

Instructors:
Class 31: ANGELO MARCELLO CARDANI

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 1^st partial exam and a 2^nd partial exam, or as one general exam at the end of the course.

Textbooks

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.

Exam textbooks & Online Articles (check availability at the Library)

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