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040252 UK Digital economics (BA) (2020S)

Track in Competition and Regulation

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

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. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 05.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 06.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 13.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 26.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 27.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 02.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 03.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 23.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 24.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 30.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 07.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 08.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 14.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 15.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 22.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 28.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 29.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 04.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 05.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 12.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 18.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Friday 19.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Thursday 25.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Digital
  • Friday 26.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to provide an introduction to the phenomena associated with what is broadly referred to as the Digital Economy. It will use basic economic tools from Industrial Organization, Labor Economics and Macroeconomics to understand the main forces behind these developments. The course is intended for advanced students in the BA in Economics.

Assessment and permitted materials

The Assessment of the Course will depend on:
40% Endterm Exam (Take-Home Exam)
30% Class Presentation
30% Class Participation

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

>85%, 1
>70%, 2
>60%, 3
>50%, 4
<50%, 5

Examination topics

1. Digital Economics: An Introduction.
2. Digital Marketplaces.
3. The 'Sharing Economy'
4. Privacy, Security, Fake News.
4. Labor in the Digital Economy.
5. Growth and Automatization.
6. Blockchain: Bitcoin and Beyond
7. Social and Ethical Perspectives

Reading list

Industrial Organization. Bellaflame, P. and M. Peitz.
Matchmakers: The New Economics of Digital Platforms. Evans, D. and Schmalensee, R.
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies. Brynjolfsson, E. and McAfee, A.
Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future. Brynjolfsson, E. and McAfee, A.
The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts. Susskind, R. and D. Susskind.
Blockchain... M. Gates.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Bostrom, N.

Association in the course directory

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