EKO633 - COMPETITION POLICY and REGULATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPETITION POLICY and REGULATION | EKO633 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Case Study | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the economic analysis of government intervention into private markets. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Economic rationale of competition policies Implementation of competition policies and related enforcement problems. Traditional regulation policies and deregulation of public utilities. Empirical evaluation of competition and regulatory policies. | |||||
| References | Massimo, Motta, 2004, Competition Policy Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge Michael Faure , Xinzhu Zhang, 2011, Competition Policy And Regulation Recent Developments in China, the US and Europe, Edward Elgar Publishing. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The Uneasy Case for Competition Law and Regulation as Decisive Factors in Development |
| Week 2 | Regulation Over Monopoly |
| Week 3 | Critical Issues in the Enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law |
| Week 4 | Competition Law And Administrative Monopolies |
| Week 5 | Administrative Monopolies, State Aid, Barriers to Entry and Market Integration |
| Week 6 | Regulation and Corporate Governance of State-owned Enterprises |
| Week 7 | The Industrial Regulation |
| Week 8 | Professional Licensing and Self-regulation |
| Week 9 | Midterm exam |
| Week 10 | Merger Control |
| Week 11 | Horizontal Merger Regulation |
| Week 12 | Cartels and Anti-Trust Law |
| Week 13 | Lessons from Countries |
| Week 14 | Students? Presentations |
| Week 15 | Students? Presentations |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 2 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 17 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 16 | 6 | 96 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 34 | 76 | 225 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To develop and deepen the knowledge of economics to an expert level, building on the competencies of the undergraduate education. | X | ||||
| 2. To comprehend the interaction between related disciplines and economics. | X | ||||
| 3. To be able to apply the advanced level knowledge acquired in economics. | X | ||||
| 4. To create new knowledge by combining the knowledge of economics with the knowledge coming from other disciplines. | X | ||||
| 5. To be able to critically evaluate the knowledge in economics, to lead learning and carry out advanced level research independently. | X | ||||
| 6. To be able to develop new strategic approaches for unexpected, complicated situations in economics and take responsibility in solving them. | X | ||||
| 7. To possess the communication network to bring up the economic and social needs of the region of residence on the agenda. | X | ||||
| 8. To have sufficient social responsibility and awareness about the needs of society | X | ||||
| 9. To be able to think analytically to identify problems in economics and to be able to make policy recommendations in economics based on scientific analysis of issues and problems. | X | ||||
| 10. To protect the social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages. | X | ||||
| 11. To be able to use the skills of modeling, empirical analysis and formulating policy options that are developed for economics in interdisciplinary contexts. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest