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- Code:
- 31E99906
- Field:
- Microeconomics
- Target:
- Master’s students
- Organiser:
- Aalto University
- Instructor:
- Matti Liski
- Period:
- Period 2
- Format:
- Lecture
- Method:
- Contact teaching
- Venue:
- Otaniemi campus
- Enrollment:
In case of conflicting information consider the Sisu/MyCourses pages the primary source of information.
Hanken and UH economics students can enroll in their home university’s SISU! Further instructions can be found on the How to enroll? page, also for other students.
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Content
Deviations from the competitive outcomes due to externalities, private information, imperfect competition, and missing markets. Policy solutions introduced conceptually and through real cases. Expert lectures on issues in specific sectors.
Learning outcomes
This class has the objective of developing microeconomic theory for policymaking and market design. The material is applied to policy cases including regulations in telecommunication, competition law, insurance markets, environmental problems, patents and intellectual property, and market designs for the energy sector. The students learn the basic conceptual motivations for policy designs, become familiar with the main policy questions in the sectors considered, and acquire analytical and reporting skills.