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- Code:
- ECON-C5100
- Field:
- Microeconomics
- Target:
- Bachelor's students
- Organiser:
- Aalto University
- Instructor:
- Iivo Vehviläinen
- Period:
- Period 1
- Format:
- Lecture
- Method:
- Contact teaching
- Venue:
- Otaniemi campus
- Enrollment:
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Aalto, Hanken and UH economics students can enroll through their home university’s SISU. Further instructions are available on the How to enroll? page, also for students from other universities.
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Content
Economic approch for analyzing strategic interactions between firms, introduction to auction theory with emphasis on online advertisement auctions, and preliminaries of network effects and platform economics. Practical applications are used to illustrate how digital and online markets differ from traditional markets, what economic theories are behind successful online platforms, and where and how markets should be regulated.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has learned to understand and analyze firm decisions and strategies in online and digital markets through the lens of economics.