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Lehrveranstaltungen
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V/Ü: Economic Nature of the Firm 1: The Economic Nature of the Firm 1 -
- Dozent/in:
- Ilfan Oh
- Angaben:
- Vorlesung, 2 SWS
- Termine:
- Fr, 12:00 - 14:00, F21/02.41
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Mikroökonomik I
- Inhalt:
- This course is the first part
of a two-semester sequence on th
e economic nature of the firm.
The objective of the course is to consider th
e fundamental attributes
of firms’ productive
activities and their impact on i
ndustrial organization and mark
et structure. Starting from
classical theories of the firm, the course revi
ews the modern approaches including managerial
and behavioral theories, trans
action cost analysis, and agency theory of the firm. After
examining the theoretical foundations of firm
behavior, the course focuses on the following
topics:
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Market concentration a
nd concentration measures
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Market entry and industry evolution
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Horizontal mergers and strategic alliances
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Vertical integration
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Diversification
The course will also consider various case stud
ies in the above topics. Upon completion of the
course, students should be able
to identify the properties of a
firm as a complex organization
that coordinates the conflicting
interests of different economic
agents. In particular, students
should be equipped with a collection of tools
to analyze the evolution of industries, the
diversified aspects of firms’ strategic behavior
, and different types of
market structure. The
course is taught in English.
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- Lipczynski, J., J. O. S. Wilson, and J.
Goddard, Industrial Organization: Competition,
Strategy, Policy, Pearson, Current Edition.
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V/Ü: International Macroeconomics 2: International Macroeconomics 2 -
- Dozent/in:
- Ilfan Oh
- Angaben:
- Vorlesung und Übung, 2 SWS
- Termine:
- Do, 14:00 - 16:00, F21/02.31
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
- Mikro- und Makroökonomik I & II
- Inhalt:
- This course deals with selected topics in the
theory and practice of international finance, for
instance dealing with the ‘three generations’ of
models aimed at explaining currency crises.
Topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
x Trading volume and organization of international financial markets
x Foreign exchange markets and macroeconomic theory
x Speculation, excess volatility, and stabilization of the exchange rate
x Exchange rate target zones (such as the European Monetary System EMS)
x Exchange rate crises and speculative attacks
The objective of the course is
to provide students with a
sound understanding of contempo-
rary challenges in internationa
l finance, in particular looking
at policies aimed at exchange
rate stabilization and financial regulation in general. In many applications we will take an ex-
plicit European perspective. Lectures are in English
- Empfohlene Literatur:
- K.
P
ILBEAM
, International Finance, Palgrave Macmillan, current edition.
N.
C.
M
ARK
, International Macroeconomics
and Finance, Blackwell, 2001.
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