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B-G/INST — Introduction to Institutional Economics
(dt. Grundlagen der Institutionenökonomie)

Level, degree of commitment Advanced module, compulsory elective module
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Lehr- and Lernform: - lecture - recitation class,
180 hours (attendance: 56 hours preparation and follow-up: 56 hours exam preparation: 68 hours)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 6 CP
Translation missing. German original:
Klausur (60 Minuten)
Language,
Grading		 German/English,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program B.Sc. Economics.
Duration,
frequency		 One semester,
each winter semester
Person in charge of the module's outline N.N.

Contents

Types and meaning of institutions; overview of the most important approaches in institutional economics, such as regulatory economics, new institutional economics, property rights theory, principal-agent theory, public choice, constitutional economics, or law and economics.


Qualification Goals

The aim of this module is to systematically introduce students to the fundamentals of institutional economics. They should acquire the competence to apply the various institutional economic approaches to simple problems and to evaluate alternative institutional solutions to problems.


Prerequisites

None


Applicability

Module imported from B.Sc. Economics.

When studying B.Sc. Mathematics, this module can be attended in the study area Minor subject Economics.


Recommended Reading

(not specified)



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