Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis WS 2012/13

• Unawareness
• Exponential growth bias and other prediction errors
• Financial illiteracy
2. Preference anomalies:
• Probability weighting and prospect theory
• present-biased preferences
• ambiguity aversion
3. Interaction and markets:
• Markets with boundely rational agents
• Level-k and related models
• Course reasoning in markets
Organisatorisches:
MA: 6 SP, Modul: "Topics in Microeconomics"
Diplom: 2 KP, Wirtschaftstheorie
Prüfung:
Seminararbeit (70 %), Vortrag (30 %)
70 980 Microfinance (englisch)
2 SWS
SE Mo 18-20 wöch. SPA 1, 22 S. Steiner
This seminar is directed towards master students. It starts with a series of four lectures, which will introduce the basic concepts
of microfinance, including microcredit, microsavings, and microinsurance. The lectures are followed by group work. Groups are
requested to study the supply of microfinance in a selected country and to propose an innovative microfinance product tailored
to this country. The result of the group work is presented at the end of the semester.
Organisatorisches:
MA: 6 SP, Modul: "Topics in Microeconomics"
Diplom: 2 KP, Wirtschaftstheorie oder Finanzwissenschaft
Prüfung:
Written output of the group work (70%) and presentation (30%)
70 981 The Theory of Regulation under Asymmetric Information (englisch)
2 SWS
SE Mi 10-12 wöch. SPA 1, 21b R. Fiocco
In many industries such as electricity, gas, sanitation, telecommunications, transport and water, unfettered competition is deemed
inappropriate, often because technological considerations render the supply by one or few firms optimal. This implies that there
is room for regulation. In practice, a regulator has limited information about consumer demand in the industry or about the
technological capabilities of regulated producers. Thus, a critical issue is how, if at all, the regulator can best induce the regulated
firm to employ its privileged information to further the broad interests of society, rather than to pursue its own interests.
This seminar intends to study the fundamental aspects of the theory of regulation under asymmetric information.
Participants are required to write a seminar paper (15 pages) about one of the given topics. Furthermore every participant has
to present his/her work in the weekly seminar meeting.
Participation: maximum number of participants: 15 Registration: with Raffaele Fiocco, Ph.D. (raffaele.fiocco@staff.hu-berlin.de);
waiting list of more than 10 applicants
Organisatorisches:
MA: 6 SP, Modul: "Topics in Microeconomics"
Diplom: 2 KP, Wirtschaftstheorie oder Wirtschaftspolitik
Prüfung:
seminar paper (70 %) presentation (30 %)
709043 Wirtschaftstheoretisches Seminar (englisch)
2 SWS
CO Mo 17-19 wöch. (1) R. Strausz
1) Veranstaltungsort: WZB, Reichpietschufer 50, Raum B004/005
Forschungsseminar, keine Anrechnung für das Studium.
Hörerkreis: Diplomstudent(inn)en BWL und VWL, Masterstudent(inn)en, Doktorand(inn)en
709044 Doktorand(inn)en- und Forschungsseminar Mikroökonomie (englisch)
2 SWS
FS Mi 16-18 wöch. SPA 1, 21a H. Bester,
R. Strausz
Diskussion spezieller Aspekte der entsprechenden Arbeiten.
Keine Anrechnung für das Studium.
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