The University of Bergen, the Norwegian School of Economics, and Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics has the great pleasure of inviting you to a PhD Course on the Economics of Vertical Restraints.
ECON907 Economics of Vertical Restraints
UoB Course description
When: May 19 – 28, 2014
Credits: 6 ECTS
Language: English
Course registration:
post@econ.uib.no by May 7 2014
Course content:
The Course will cover five major subjects:
- Basic upstream/downstream contracting issued and the kinds of externalities that may arise
- The pro-competitive effects of vertical restraints
- The role of vertical restraints in dampenings competition
- Private offers and the role of observable contracts
- Issues in vertical mergers
Learning outcomes:
Upon successful completiton of this course the participants should be able to
- demonstrate a firm grasp of the relevant literature and state of the art thinking in this area
- do independendent analysis on vertical relations
- assess the pros and cons of the welfare effects of vertical mergers and restraints
Academic responsibility:
Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen
Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Bergen, and director at Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE)
Lecturers:
Greg Shaffer, professor, University of Rochester and University of Bergen
and
Thibaud Vergé, professor, CREST and the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
Program and reading list:
Reading List ECON908 (.pdf)
Part of training component:
Course category: Academic theory
Form of assessment:
Home exam
Contact:
Administrative responsible: Rannveig Myklebust