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Modul
Applied Microeconomics [M-WIWI-101499]
Credits
9Recurrence
Jedes SemesterDuration
1 SemesterLanguage
GermanLevel
3Version
3Responsible
Organisation
- KIT-Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Part of
Bricks
Identifier | Name | LP |
---|---|---|
T-WIWI-102892 | Economics and Behavior | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-102876 | Auction & Mechanism Design | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-102736 | Economics III: Introduction in Econometrics | 5 |
T-WIWI-102739 | Public Revenues | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-102792 | Decision Theory | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-102844 | Industrial Organization | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-100005 | Competition in Networks | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-102850 | Introduction to Game Theory | 4.5 |
T-WIWI-112228 | Digital Markets and Market Design | 4.5 |
Competence Certificate
The assessment is carried out as partial exams (according to Section 4 (2), 1-3 SPO) of the courses of this module, whose sum of credits must meet the minimum requirement of credits of this module. The assessment procedures are described for each course of the module separately.
The overall grade of the module is the average of the grades for each course weighted by the credits and truncated after the first decimal.
Competence Goal
Students
- are introduced to the basic theoretical analysis of strategic interaction situations and shall be able to analyze situations of strategic interaction systematically and to use game theory to predict outcomes and give advice in applied economics settings, (course "Introduction to Game Theory");
- are exposed to the basic problems of imperfect competition and its implications for policy making; (course "Industrial Organization");
- are provided with the basic economics of network industries (e.g., telecom, utilities, IT, and transport sectors) and should get a vivid idea of the special characteristics of network industries concerning planning, competition, competitive distortion, and state intervention, (course "Competition in Networks").
Prerequisites
None.
Content
The module's purpose is to extend and foster skills in microeconomic theory by investigating a variety of applications. Students shall be able to analyze real-life problems using microeconomics.
Recommendation
None.
Workload
The total workload for this module is approximately 270 hours. For further information see German version.