2016/2017
KAN-CCBLO2011U Competition Policy and Competition Law in
Europe
| English Title |
| Competition Policy and Competition
Law in Europe |
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| Language |
German |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Anette Boom - Department of Economics
(ECON)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
24-05-2017
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors:
- Explain the competition rules in Europe and their economic
rationale with regard to cartels, tacit collusion, horizontal and
vertical mergers, abuse of a dominant position and state aid.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the very basic economic arguments in
favor and against having such rules.
- Compare the basic characteristics of the European approach to
competition policy with the approaches of other regions in the
world (for example the US or New Zealand).
- Demonstrate an understanding of the conflict of interest
between national (for example German or Danish) and supranational
(here EU) institutions in competition policy.
- Analyze and discuss current competition cases by using the
material taught and the knowledge acquired in the course.
- Language:
- The student should be able to present and discuss a given topic
in German using an appropriate and rich vocabulary and academic
terminology.
- The student should be able to communicate in a coherent manner
without committing grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or pronunciation
errors that disturb communication.
- The student should be able to demonstrate that s/he is
sufficiently at ease in the language to respond fluently to the
examiner’s questions, so that the examination flows as a
dialogue.
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| Examination |
The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
| Competition
Policy and Competition Law in Europe - content: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual exam | | Size of written product | Max. 3 pages | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the content of the synopsis and the oral presentation. | | Assignment type | Case based assignment | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
| Competition
Policy and Competition Law in Europe - Language: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual exam | | Size of written product | Max. 3 pages | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the students' language skills. | | Assignment type | Case based assignment | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Preparation time | No preparation | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
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| Course content and structure |
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The idealized perfect (static) competition in Microeconomics
leads to an efficient allocation of resources. In addition
competition is also considered as a process to create new knowledge
which improves the dynamic efficiency of an economy. The objective
of competition policy is to protect and support static and dynamic
competition. How the European competition policy tries to do
this and whether it achieves its sometimes conflicting goals is at
the focus of this course. Therefore I intend to present the
European competition rules and their economic rationale with regard
to cartels, tacit collusion, horizontal and vertical mergers, abuse
of a dominant position and state aid and to discuss relevant recent
cases. I also intend to give insights into alternative approaches
towards competition policy (for example in the US or New Zealand)
and to introduce the students to the conflict between national (for
example Danish or German) institutions of competition policy and
supranational institutions.
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| Teaching methods |
| Three hours per week / 10 weeks. The teaching is
a combination of lectures and seminar discussions. The curriculum
is about 450 pages |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
30 hours |
| Exam |
0.5 hours |
| Preparation |
175.5 hours |
| Total |
206 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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To be announced on learn
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Last updated on
24-05-2017
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