Teaching

EU and the Euro Crisis (fall trimester)

The course starts with an introduction to the history of the European Union. After that we deal with microeconomic aspects of European integration, especially considering the impact of the EU as a customs union and with the further integration to a common market. We then proceed to macroeconomic aspects, in particular the implications of the Euro as a joint currency. Based on this, we discuss the international financial crisis of 2008 and the following Euro crisis.

The course is taught in English for an international group of students comprising participants from UniBw and foreign exchange students. First of all students obtain a sound understanding of the economic aspects of the European Union and the Euro crisis in particular. Beyond that, German students improve their English language skills. By working together with students from different countries, participants also get to know the diverse viewpoints from people inside and outside the European Union.

Economic and Legal Analysis of the Information Society (fall trimester)

The course deals with economic and legal issues arising from the increasing importance of electronic marketplaces and markets for information goods (music, films, news, etc.). In this course, the characteristics of such information assets and markets with network effects as well as appropriate corporate strategies for competition in such markets will be discussed. Subsequently, electronic marketplaces for consumers (e.g. Ebay) and the use of e-commerce in business-to-business trade are examined in the context of intermediation and auction theory. The legal issues of e-commerce in terms of contract law and competition law as well as the particular legal problems of cross-border e-commerce and domain law are contents of this course. In addition, this course deals with intellectual property regulation relevant to information goods (e.g. copyright, software patents).

Requirements: Term paper and oral presentation.

Literature (for economic analysis)

Shapiro, C., Varian H. R. (1999), Information Rules. A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, Boston (MA): Harvard Business School Press.

Shy, O., (2001), The Economics of Network Industries, Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press.

You will find the timetable, as well as all lecture and exercise records on ILIAS.

EU and the Euro Crisis (fall trimester)

The course starts with an introduction to the history of the European Union. After that we deal with microeconomic aspects of European integration, especially considering the impact of the EU as a customs union and with the further integration to a common market. We then proceed to macroeconomic aspects, in particular the implications of the Euro as a joint currency. Based on this, we discuss the international financial crisis of 2008 and the following Euro crisis.

The course is taught in English for an international group of students comprising participants from UniBw and foreign exchange students. First of all students obtain a sound understanding of the economic aspects of the European Union and the Euro crisis in particular. Beyond that, German students improve their English language skills. By working together with students from different countries, participants also get to know the diverse viewpoints from people inside and outside the European Union.