Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2011/2012

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
IUS/04
9
B
SECS-P/01
9
B
SECS-P/03
9
B
SECS-S/01
activated in the A.Y. 2011/2012
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
B
IUS/04
9
B
SECS-P/01
9
B
SECS-P/03
9
B
SECS-S/01

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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S00509

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS

Period

primo semestre dal Sep 24, 2012 al Dec 21, 2012.

Location

VICENZA

Learning outcomes

The course aims at introducing the economic analysis of firms, and in particular their interactions with competitors, supplyiers, clients, and regulators. The course will enable students to give a critical interpretation of these economic relations, and to the policies undertaken by governments.
The course uses instruments taken from microeconomics and game theory, following an analytical approach.

Program

Topics:
- Microeconomics, market structure and market power; technology and production costs.
- The monopoly power: price discrimination; linear and non-linear prices; variety and quality in monopoly.
- Oligopoly and strategic interaction: static games and Cournot competition; price competition (Bertrand); dynamic games, first and second moves.
- Anticompetitive strategies: limit pricing and entry deterrence; predatory behavior; repeated games and prices; collusion: how to identify and contrast it.
- Contractual relations between firms: horizontal mergers; vertical restrictions.
- Non-price competition: advertising and market power, competition and information; reasearch and development and patents.
- Networks.

Examination Methods

90-minute paper: 8 multiple choice questions (20% of the final grade), 2 open questions (20%) and 3 exercises (60%).

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE