Syllabus

Title
1777 Research & Policy Seminar: Regulatory Economics
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Klaus Gugler
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
09/14/20 to 09/20/20
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Tuesday 12/15/20 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Tuesday 12/22/20 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Tuesday 01/12/21 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Tuesday 01/19/21 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Tuesday 01/26/21 08:30 AM - 01:00 PM Online-Einheit
Procedure for the course when limited activity on campus

The mode we propose corresponds to the rotation mode insofar as we provide that the student groups are present alternately in the lecture hall. It specifies the rotation mode in more detail, since we provide for the students who are not in the lecture room that they take part in the course units remotely and synchronously (we are not asking them to learn the material covered in the unit in self-study).

Please create access to Microsoft Teams before the first lesson. Microsoft Teams is used flexibly, either at the lecturer's desk in the lecture room (or - if it is not allowed to enter the lecture rooms - in the home office). The screen of the lecturer's desk is shared between the students in the lecture room and those at home. For the students in the lecture room, the lecturer's PC projects onto the whiteboard; students at home need their own laptop (tablet), with which MS-Teams can share the screen. The sound is transmitted from the lecture room via a microphone to the students in the home office. (It is not intended / necessary to film the lecturer.)

The course takes place synchronously; it is not intended to record the units for asynchronous use.

If you are not subject to travel restrictions, attendance is mandatory (either in the lecture room or remotely via MS-Teams) on specified dates. Please expect that – most likely – you will have to be present in the lecture room every second meeting. Depending on the Corona situation, the meetings with physical attendance will be announced shortly before the course begins. Please note that this mode is very flexible and the presence in the lecture room can vary between 0% - 100%.

Only if you are subject to travel restrictions can you take part in the course in remote mode.

Contents

The seminar tackles topics in regulation of network industries. The main recent empirical and theoretical papers will be presented. There will be a session on policy issues.

Learning outcomes

The aim is that students present the main papers and via discussion of results get an impression of the state of the art of research in the field. Specific regulatory decisions of authorities will also be discussed.

 

Attendance requirements

Attendance is mandatory, max. one absence without valid excuse

Teaching/learning method(s)

Student presentations with discussion.

Assessment

Presentation of a paper of choice (70%), Handout (10%), work in class (20%)

Prerequisites for participation and waiting lists

Students taking the Research and Policy Seminar must also take the accompanying specialisation course "Regulatory Economics" either in the same semester or in a previous Semester.

Availability of lecturer(s)

Office Hours: Thursday , 10.00 - 11.00

Institute for Quantitative Economics, Building D4, 1st floor, Office: D4.1.030 (please note: the main entrance to the department is on the second floor!)

email: klaus.gugler@wu.ac.at

telephone: +43 (1) 31336-5444

Other

Please be present in the first lecture!

Unit details
Unit Date Contents
1 15.12.2020

First initial meeting

2 22.12.2020

Presentations

3 12.01.2021

Presentations

4 19.01.2021

Presentations

5 26.01.2021

Presentations

Last edited: 2020-06-26



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