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040170 SE Regulatory Impact Assessment (MA) (2017S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

For students of the ERASMUS+ Program "European Master in Law and Economics": open for advanced students of "Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts" (successful paritcipations in the basic course and Proseminar of Fall 2015/16)

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 24 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Some invited Speakers will only be available at different Dates and times. A complete schedule will be available soon

  • Tuesday 28.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.04. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 02.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 16.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 23.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 30.05. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.06. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.06. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.06. 16:45 - 20:00 Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The topic is Regulatory Iimpact Assessment (RIA) and related fields. The focus will be on Cost-Benefit-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness-Analysis, Welfare Criteria, alternatives such as Happiness, the Precautionary Principle and Feasibility. Then the principles of Regulartory Impact Analysis as well as the Standard Cost Model (cutting back red tape for private businesses) will be discussed. The keynote lecture will be by Robert Hahn, one of the world's leading scholars. Students will be enabled to carry out original RIA for simpler cases and to assess existing analyses

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be requested
1. to present a short paper on one of the basic topics
2. to develop a structure for a RIA for a deliberately selected case as the basis for grading.
During guest-lectures bonus-points can be achieved by active participation in the discussions

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1. Acceptable presentation
2. Submittnace of the case study, which will be graded according to completeness, depth and technical quality of suggested measures

Examination topics

Implicitely determined by topic of presentation and quality of RIA

Reading list

Will be provided at the beginning of the seminar

Association in the course directory

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