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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:
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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.
Teaching
- Completion method: contact teaching
- Schedule: can be found in Sisu
- Study materials: can be found in MyCourses
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University-specific instructions
Aalto University Students
Code: 31E99906
Target groups: MSc (not suitable for PhD students)
Credit points: 6
Hanken Students
- Code: 26017
- Target groups: MSc (not suitable for PhD students)
- Credit points: 6
- Credit transfer: apply for substitution in Sisu
University of Helsinki Students
- Code: no equivalent code
- can be included in the module ECOM-G/R400 Field courses in economics
- Target groups: MSc / rMSc (not suitable for PhD students)
- Credit points: 6
- Credit transfer: apply for substitution in Sisu
FDPE Students Students
Not suitable for PhD students
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.