Economic Analysis of Contracts, Competition and Companies

What it is about

You will learn how different market forms (perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition) work and how anti-competitive practices (e.g., dumping, price-fixing, cartels, horizontal and vertical restraints) can be economically and legally evaluated. In the end you will be able to analyze and discuss cases from corporate practice using economic criteria and relevant European regulation.

What you will be able to do

• Knowledge of different market structures
• Understanding of competition-restricting practices
• Application of economic criteria to case analysis
• Insight into relevant European regulation and case law
• Foundations of contractual structures for economic legal analysis
• Argumentative and analytical case handling
• Teamwork and development of creative solution proposals

What the module consists of

• SeminarConveying concepts and tools for economic and legal analysis; basis for case study work
• Fallstudie/Case StudyApplication of the content to a concrete case, analysis and presentation

Teaching method

• Lectures and seminar presentations (PPT, Whiteboard)Introduction to concepts and discussion of theories
• Case Studies and exercisesApplication of what has been learned to real cases and training analytical skills
• Regular project meetingsSupport and further development of the seminar paper