ANTITRUST POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS - 190014

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ID:
190014
Dettaglio:
SSD: Applied Economics Duration: 48 CFU: 6
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BERGAMO
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GEOPOLITICS, ECONOMY AND GLOBAL STRATEGIES - 190-270/Geoeconomics, Markets, Institutions Year: 2
Year:
2025

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

Students will acquire the following knowledge:

  • Main economic theories of competition and market power.
  • Antitrust legislation at European, US, and international level.
  • Enforcement tools and procedures: merger control, abuse of dominant position, cartels.
  • Emerging issues in global and digital markets (Big Tech, online platforms).
  • Relationship between antitrust policy, sectoral regulation, and international trade.


At the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Apply economic analysis tools to concrete antitrust cases.
  • Define relevant markets and assess anti-competitive effects.
  • Critically analyze antitrust decisions and rulings.
  • Interpret market data (concentration, elasticity) for competitive analysis.
  • Argue in a structured manner on competition policy and regulation issues.

Course Prerequisites

Knowledge of economics, especially microeconomics


Teaching Methods

Lectures and analysis of antitrust cases with group discussion













Assessment Methods

Attending students:


  1. Presentation of a case during class hours for 33% of the final grade
  2. Written exam with two open-ended questions: 67% of the final grade

Non-attending students: written exam with three open-ended questions

Answers and presentation evaluation are graded on a scale of 30.












Contents

  1. Competition policy: history, objectives, and regulations
  2. Market power and social welfare
  3. Defining the relevant market and assessing market power
  4. Collusion and horizontal agreements
  5. Horizontal mergers
  6. Vertical restrictions and vertical mergers
  7. Predatory conduct, monopolization, and other abusive practices
  8. Antitrust cases
  9. Game theory and oligopoly models







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