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Advanced Environmental and Natural Resource EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn economic models for the use and management of natural resources, including dynamic optimization for renewable and non-renewable resources, joint production, and applications of game theory to resource management. In the end you will be able to derive optimal time paths of resource use, incorporate resources into growth models and into measures of welfare and sustainability, and apply theoretical concepts to real problems.5 ECTSruns this semesterWZ2757Advanced Methods for Measurement and Modeling of Choice BehaviorNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will learn how to measure and analyze people’s behavior toward mobility policies using surveys, stated-choice experiments, and econometric models. In the end you will be able to design your own surveys with discrete choice experiments, collect data, and analyze them with discrete choice models to derive policy-relevant conclusions.6 ECTSruns this semesterSOT86608Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Economics of TaxationNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will learn central questions and models of public taxation: aims of taxes, distributional effects, behavioral responses of consumers and producers, and the perceived burden (Tax Incidence). The module provides institutional knowledge and theoretical analytical skills and applies them to current tax policy issues.6 ECTSruns this semesterMGT001411Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Productivity, Efficiency and RiskNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how to measure and analyze the performance of economic units (e.g., firms, departments, organizations). By the end you can understand central concepts such as productivity, efficiency and technical change, and you can apply stochastic and non-stochastic measurement methods (e.g., Data Envelopment Analysis, Stochastic Frontier Analysis) to empirical data sets and interpret results for management and policy.6 ECTSruns this semesterMGT001313Advanced Seminar Life Sciences, Management & Policy: Food Governance, Fairness and Sustainability Literature Review and Presentation SkillsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with governance, fairness, and sustainability questions in the food system. In the end you will be able to source relevant scientific literature, conduct a systematic review, and create a literature overview, as well as present and discuss the results before a specialist audience.6 ECTSruns this semesterMGT001344
34 more in Specialization in ManagementAdvanced Seminar Life Sciences, Management & Policy: Food Governance, Fairness and Sustainability Scientific Writing and Exploratory Research MethodsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with governance, fairness and sustainability issues in the food system. You will learn to design, plan and conduct a research project on these topics, including qualitative methods and scientific writing.6 ECTSruns this semesterMGT001345Applied Statistics and EconometricsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will learn fundamental methods of applied econometrics and statistics and how to apply them to real economic data sets. In the end you can describe data, select appropriate models, apply estimation methods, and test and economically interpret results (cross-section, time series, panel).5 ECTSruns this semesterWZ1705Empirical Research in Economics and ManagementNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how to plan, conduct and evaluate empirical research projects in economics and management. The module provides basic and advanced methods of research designs, data collection and analysis, so you can understand, critically assess and apply empirical results yourself.6 ECTSruns this semesterWI000258Energy TransformationNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with causes, barriers, and approaches for the transition to carbon-neutral energy systems. The focus is on differences between sectors (electricity, heat, transport) as well as national, European, and international perspectives. In the end, you will be able to analyze transformation processes, assess influencing factors, and critically classify political steering instruments.6 ECTSruns this semesterPOL62200Health Care ManagementNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsIn this seminar you will deal with current questions in Health Care Management, e.g. how innovations (new medications, technologies) are introduced to the health market or how facilities such as hospitals compete in the legal environment. In the end you will be able to apply theoretical foundations, work a research topic in depth, and present the results scientifically.5 ECTSruns this semesterMH160024Microeconometric Methods for Big DataNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will learn modern microeconometric methods for empirical research with large data sets. The module teaches both theoretical foundations (e.g., asymptotics, OLS/2SLS/GMM) and practical procedures for estimation and prediction (e.g., Ridge, Lasso, decision trees, Random/Causal Forests). In the end you can apply these methods, assess the underlying assumptions, and interpret econometric results meaningfully.6 ECTSruns this semesterMGT001312Programming in Python for Business and Life Science AnalyticsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will learn the fundamentals of Python with a focus on applications in Business Analytics and Life Science Analytics. By the end you will be able to read and write Python code, implement your own algorithms, and use common Python packages for analysis, visualization, modeling, and optimization.6 ECTSruns this semesterMGT001437Project Course Health EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsIn this project course you work in a team on a practice-oriented issue from health economics in cooperation with an external partner. You plan and carry out a project, apply appropriate analysis methods and present the results in writing and orally.9 ECTSruns this semesterMHP00012Technology Governance and the Regulatory StateNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with the regulation of technologies and platforms: platform economy, power relations, market concentration, data protection, labor rights and the role of the state. In the end you can analyze central problems of technology governance, evaluate regulatory effects and theoretically and empirically address your own research questions.6 ECTSruns this semesterPOL61301Advanced Seminar Economics & Econometrics: Human Behavior, Sustainability, and Environmental PolicyNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with the interfaces of behavioral economics, sustainability, and environmental policy. You analyze current research on these topics, identify behavioral mechanisms behind environmentally relevant actions, and assess policy measures. In the end you will critically evaluate scholarly literature, summarize findings in written form, and present scientifically.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001509Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Economectrics: Economics and Everyday Life: Experiments on Beliefs, Social Norms and DiscriminationNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will receive an introduction to the methodology of experimental economic research and work independently on a current research article on topics such as beliefs, social norms and discrimination. In the end you will be able to describe experimental studies, understand their methodology and statistical analysis, and critically explain research findings.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001430Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Economectrics: Quantitative Economic ResearchNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsIn this Advanced Seminar you prepare yourself for empirical research projects (e.g., your master's thesis). You will learn to practically apply central econometric methods, assess their technical prerequisites and limitations, and interpret results in a meaningful way.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001422Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Advanced Resource EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage in economic analysis and modeling for the use of scarce natural resources (land, water, energy, climate). In the end you will be able to apply central concepts and empirical methods of Resource Economics and critically assess management and policy implications.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001314Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Decisions under Uncertainty from Description and from ExperienceNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how people make decisions under risk and uncertainty and how information from descriptions compares to information from experience. By the end you can apply central models and experimental methods of behavioral economics and develop research ideas that transfer decisions from experience to concrete topic areas (e.g., investments, medicine, consumption).6 ECTSno date this semesterWI001264Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Economics of Digital PlatformsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will deal with the economics of digital platforms: How do platforms generate and manage network effects, which price and non-price strategies do they use, and how do they compete (e.g., compatibility, multi-homing, mergers)? In the end you will be able to read, reflect on scientific papers on the topic, and derive implications for market behavior and economic policy questions.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001320Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Health EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou analyze selected questions of health economics both theoretically and practically. In the end you can economically analyze decision problems of patients, providers, pharmaceutical companies and insurers and derive policy recommendations from them.6 ECTSno date this semesterWIV02003Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Insurance EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou analyze selected problems of insurance economics from theoretical and practical perspectives. The focus is the optimal design of insurance contracts under different information conditions and market structures, as well as recommendations for regulation in case of market failure. In the end you can explain and present the topics using micro- and welfare-economic concepts.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001297Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Politics of Innovation & TechnologyNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsThe seminar examines why countries differ in success with innovation and technology policy and which political factors promote or hinder innovation. You will learn current concepts of innovation policy (e.g., mission-oriented policy) and you will be able to analyse national innovation systems and derive policy recommendations from scientific evidence.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001321Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Regression Shrinkage Methods in EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn fundamentals and applications of Regression Shrinkage methods (e.g., Ridge and Lasso). By the end you can apply the methods to empirical economic questions, understand their theoretical prerequisites, and interpret the results meaningfully.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001311Advanced Seminar Life Sciences, Management & Policy: Current Topics in Value Chain EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou are engaged with economic performance, efficiency, sustainability and fairness of food value chains from an applied perspective. In the end you will be able to plan, conduct, and present your own research project on the value chain of food products in writing as well as orally.6 ECTSno date this semesterWI001250Applied statistics in RNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn advanced statistical methods and their application in R. The course combines a supporting lecture on the statistical foundations with practical exercises in R, visualization techniques, and the analysis of real data sets. In the end, you will be able to select appropriate advanced procedures, apply them in R, and present results with advanced visualizations.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001438Competition Law and Policy in Comparative PerspectiveNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsThe module covers the political economy of competition policy in a comparative and international perspective. You will learn how institutions regulate competition, which historical and current political forces shape competition policy, and how this affects markets, inequality, and standards.6 ECTSno date this semesterPOL61300Competition Law and Policy in the EU and the USNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou compare the competition/antitrust laws of the EU and the USA and analyze central questions of antitrust enforcement, abuse of a dominant position, and merger control. In the end you will be able to assess relevant legal sources, guidelines and case law and independently develop a research project on a competition topic.6 ECTSno date this semesterPOL61303Development Policy and EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsIn this module you explore central questions of development economics and policy, with a focus on human security and human development. You will learn theories, indicators (e.g., HDI, ecological indicators) and the particular challenges of fragile states and you will critically evaluate policy alternatives.5 ECTSno date this semesterWZ1711Economics of Uncertainty and Asymmetric InformationNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how to analyze economic decisions under uncertainty and asymmetric information. By the end you will be able to apply expected utility-based models, identify market failures due to information asymmetries, and assess measures to solve incentive and information problems (e.g., in insurance markets or in the principal-agent context).6 ECTSno date this semesterWI000100Energy EconomicsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will learn economic fundamentals and methods for analyzing energy markets (e.g., gas, oil, coal, electricity). In the end you will be able to distinguish market structures and behaviors of producers and consumers, assess network regulation, and apply theoretical as well as empirical methods to current developments such as the energy transition.6 ECTSno date this semesterWI001145Environment and Climate TransformationNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with global environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, ocean acidification, and land degradation. In the end you will be able to describe causes, effects, and possible actions at local, national, European, and global levels, and assess technological and societal response options.6 ECTSno date this semesterPOL62400Industrial OrganizationNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how firms in markets with imperfect competition make strategic decisions. Building on an introduction to game theory, you analyse equilibria in different market structures (in particular oligopoly) as well as strategies such as collusion, product differentiation and price discrimination. By the end you will be able to model strategic interactions and evaluate policy measures.6 ECTSno date this semesterWI000102International Trade IINo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsIn this module you deepen modern models of international trade theory and learn how trade and investment policy, international institutions and multinational companies are interconnected. By the end you will be able to analyze trade and investment strategies as well as participate in debates on trade policy and the design of global supply chains.6 ECTSno date this semesterWI001226Master Thesis Research SeminarNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou engage with central questions around the automobile and mobility industry: supply chains, decision-making under uncertainty, external effects, competitiveness, energy transition, CO2 neutrality, e-mobility, and smart city. In the end you will be able to prepare the research necessary for a master’s thesis and independently work on topics empirically and theoretically.3 ECTSno date this semesterWI001239Project Week 2024/25: Conflicts in Mining Critical Materials: Compromising in Sustainability StrategiesNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou examine conflicts around the extraction of critical raw materials and explore how different stakeholders weigh decisions for sustainability. After the module you can analyze conflicts of interest in mining contexts, develop compromise strategies, and assess the impacts of decisions on the environment, society, and the economy.4 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001443Project week: Circular Economy Perspectives in Research and PracticeNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou will receive an interdisciplinary introduction to concepts and practices of the Circular Economy and learn how behavioral economic insights influence sustainability solutions. In the project week you will work in international, cross-disciplinary teams on a task from an external practitioner partner and develop actionable solution concepts, which you will present in writing and orally.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001446Sustainability Assessment of Agri-Food Supply ChainsNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how to assess the sustainability of agricultural food supply chains: identifying hotspots, drivers and levers as well as applying quantitative methods for evaluation. In the end you will be able to communicate results to a multidisciplinary audience and derive decision support for industry, policy and society.6 ECTSno date this semesterMGT001412The Economics of Firm CompetitionNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsYou learn how firms strategically operate in different market structures and what effects their behavior has on market performance and societal welfare. In the end you will be able to explain central models of strategic interaction and vertical relationships and analyze their consequences for efficiency and competition policy.6 ECTSno date this semesterWI001281
3 more modules match, but they are taught in German. Show themEconomics Inside the Transport SectorNo ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & EconometricsDu setzt dich mit der Ökonomie verschiedener Transport-Teilbranchen auseinander, die oft wenig Beachtung finden (z. B. Luftverkehr, Kreuzfahrt, Flughäfen, Sharing-Dienste, touristische Bahnen). Jede Woche analysierst du eine Branche hinsichtlich ihrer wirtschaftlichen Struktur, speziellen Marktbedingungen und relevanter Politikanforderungen. Am Ende kannst du die Rolle dieser Teilbranchen im Gesamtsystem erklären und ökonomisch analysieren sowie politische und betriebliche Herausforderungen beurteilen.3 ECTSno date this semesterSOT86143Health Care Management (Scientific Work)No ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & Econometricsno date this semesterMH1600241Project Course Health Economics (Project Work)No ratings for this module yet.Specialization in Management: Economics & Econometricsno date this semesterMHP000121