37501 - Industrial Policy and Antitrust

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)

Learning outcomes

After taking the course, the student is expected to be able to use formal instruments to understand firms' strategic interaction as well as its implications for antitrust and competition policy.

Course contents

The policy implications of any issue illustrated in the first part of the course will be discussed on the basis of the current legislation in the EU, USA and Japan. The coverage will include mergers, cartel behaviour, product differentiation, entry barriers, innovation and network externalities.

 

The last lecture will host a compact discussion of the impact of pollution and/or natural resource exploitation on the policy prescriptions concerning antitrust/competition policy and innovation policy.


Readings/Bibliography

See the corresponding box for the first part

Teaching methods

class lecture

Assessment methods

written examination

Teaching tools

See the corresponding box for the first part of the course

Office hours

See the website of Luca Lambertini

SDGs

Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible consumption and production Climate Action Partnerships for the goals

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.