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The main objective of this course is to analyze the link between market power, innovation and economic growth and their impact on social welfare. Both the role of private and public agents will be studied, with a special focus on antitrust policy, patents and policies in favor of industrial development.
1- Macroeconomic growth models
2- Introduction to the economics of innovation
3- An overview on microeconomic tools: monopoly and oligopoly
4- Game theory and models of industrial competition
5- Innovation, development and social welfare
6- Neoclassical models of research and Development
7- Collusion, vertical and horizontal integration and Antitrust
8- Globalization, international competition and development.
Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
Motta, Massimo, Polo, Michele | Antitrust: economia e politica della concorrenza | Il mulino | 2005 |
Written exam
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