Economics (all)

Important information about Economics courses

Bachelor's student can choose their economics courses from the bachelor's level courses only. Master's level courses are usually not open to bachelor/undergraduate students.

Exchange students from other schools and departments may only attend economics lectures if they meet the prerequisites. Please contact the exchange coordinator, Ms. Christiane Cischinsky (cischinsky@uni-mannheim.de). Bachelor’s level seminars are usually only open for economics students.

Master's student can choose their economics courses freely from the elective modules available at the department, as long as you fulfill the prerequisites for each course. The core modules (E601–603 and E700–703) are not open to exchange students. If your home university agrees you are also allowed to attend bachelor's level courses.

Exchange students from other schools and departments may contact the exchange coordinator, Mr. Sebastian Herdtweck (econgrad@uni-mannheim.de), to check their eligibility.

Detailed information can be found on the department's websites:

Analysis (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis – Review Session (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis und Lineare Algebra A (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis und Lineare Algebra A (Delgadillo de Gyves) (Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis und Lineare Algebra A (Göppert) (Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis und Lineare Algebra A (Heller) (Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Analysis und Lineare Algebra A (Navon) (Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Antitrust / Competition Policy (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
On-campus and online, live
Instructor(s):
Michelle Sovinsky, Kevin Remmy
Applied Economics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
On-campus and online, live
Examination achievement:
Grading: based on three assignments (each 25%) and a presentation (25%)
Instructor(s):
Philipp Ager
Applied Multivariate Statistics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Toni Stocker
Applied Multivariate Statistics – Testlauf Prüfung (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Toni Stocker
Biases in Economic Decision Making (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Attendance:
Registration procedure:
The seminar is already fully booked.
Instructor(s):
Henrik Orzen
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Attendance:
Online, live
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Lin) (Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Lin) (Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Melentyeva) (Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Melentyeva) (Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Stäbler) (Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
CC 502 Applied Econometrics (Stäbler) (Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Controversial Topics in Economics (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Registration procedure:
The seminar is already fully booked.
Instructor(s):
Peter Dürsch
Cultural Economics (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
E5008 Economic and Financial Market Policy (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Hans Peter Grüner
E5020 Topics in Empirical Microeconomics (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Michelle Sovinsky
E5024 Poverty and Inequality (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Marc Gillaizeau, Viviana Uruena Moyano
E5026 Programming in Stata (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
9.5
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live & recorded
Instructor(s):
Ingo Steinke, Nicholas Anthony Barton
E5040 Impact Evaluation, Causal Inference and Machine Learning (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
On-campus and online, live & recorded
Instructor(s):
Markus Frölich
E5061 Firms in the Aggregate Economy (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Harald Fadinger
E5064 Empirical Methods in Competition Policy (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Helena Perrone
E5065 Health Economics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Laura Grigolon
E5070 Economics of Social Insurance and Labor Market Policies (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live & recorded
Instructor(s):
Han Ye
Description:
This course focuses on the role of public policy and government regulation in the labor market using the tools of applied economics. The overarching theme of the course will be to consider how public policies influence labor market outcomes such as employment, wages, and the distribution of income. It covers topics the impact of public policies such as social welfare programs, taxation, income transfer programs, minimum wage laws; and the impacts of mandated employer benefits such as health insurance, unemployment insurance and public pension insurance. The class will teach some basic econometrics and most problem sets involve analyzing data in the software package Stata.
E508 Multiple Time Series Analysis (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
9.5
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
On-campus and online, live
Instructor(s):
Carsten Trenkler
E5086 Chinese Economy (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Lei Li
Description:
This course is designed for graduate students interested in international trade, labor economics, development economics, applied econometrics, and the Chinese economy.

Our first goal is to provide an introduction to a set of important topics related to the economic development of China so that students have a good understanding of the Chinese economy and China’s impact on the rest of the world. A tentative list of topics includes the US-China trade war, China’s one-child policy, unbalanced sex ratio, aging, income inequality, agricultural reforms, and firm reforms.

The second goal is to present the empirical tools used to test related economic theories in the context of China and to discuss the empirical relevance of related theories. We will emphasize the conceptual issues and basic statistical techniques, such as instrumental variables strategy and differences-in-differences-type strategies. Students will also get familiar with several widely used Chinese datasets and learn how to conduct empirical analysis.

Our third goal to introduce the frontier researches to students. We will draw on some recent academic papers from development economics, labor economics, international trade, macroeconomics, and economic growth, which will allow students to have a good understanding of cutting-edge researches and help students outline future research questions.
E5087 Banking and Banking Regulation (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Instructor(s):
von Ernst-Ludwig Thadden
E5090 Internet Economics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Anton Sobolev, Nicolas Schutz
E5100 Topics in Economic History (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
9.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Examination achievement:
Workload: 270 hours in total, containing 42 hours class time and 228 hours for independent studies, exercises and exam preparation.

Grading: Written exam (100 min, 70%), presentation (20%), discussion participation (10%).

The weekly lecture (2 hours) gives you an overview on recent empirical research on each topic. In the weekly exercise sessions (2 hours), we then discuss important research papers in more depth. It is required that every course participant presents a critical discussion of one research paper.
Instructor(s):
Alexander Donges
Description:
Economic history is important to understand long-run economic development, in particular to study the question why some countries are rich and others remain poor. In this course, we focus on selected topics of quantitative economic history that applied economists and economic historians explored in recent years. Topics include trade, the importance of institutions for economic development, religion, human capital, innovation, market integration, financial development, inequality, migration, and epidemics. The weekly lecture (2 hours) gives you an overview on recent empirical research on each topic. In the weekly exercise sessions (2 hours), we then discuss important research papers in more depth. It is required that every course participant presents a critical discussion of one research paper.
E5105 Market Design for the Energy Transition (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Achim Wambach
E5106 Historical Economic Development (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Examination achievement:
Grading: Seminar paper (50 %), presentation (40%), and classroom discussion (10%)
Instructor(s):
Philipp Ager
E5107 Financial Economics (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
von Ernst-Ludwig Thadden
E5108 Microeconomics and Wikipedia (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Peter Dürsch
E551 Experimental Economics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
E571 Monetary Theory and Policy (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Instructor(s):
Klaus Adam
E574 Internet Economics (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Anton Sobolev, Nicolas Schutz
E599 Empirical Environmental Economics (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
5.0
Course suitable for:
Master
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
von Kathrine Graevenitz
Economics of Social Insurance and Social Policies (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
On-campus and online, live & recorded
Instructor(s):
Arthur Ulrich Seibold
Description:
This course offers an introduction to the economics of Social Insurance and other public social expenditure policies. The first part focuses on social insurance, including unemployment insurance, health insurance and retirement pensions. The second part deals with other social expenditure policies, including education and low-income transfers. The course discusses the rationales for government intervention in different areas, as well as potential problems associated with it. Students will become familiar with recent empirical evidence on individual behavioral responses as well as the effectiveness of different government policies.
Einführung in die Bayessche Statistik (Lecture w/ Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Examination achievement:
Hausaufgaben (20%), Klausur im Umfang von 90 Minuten (80%)
Instructor(s):
Ingo Steinke
Energy, Environment and Development (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Ulrich Wagner
Family Policies: An Economic Perspective (Seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
Examination achievement:
Grading: term paper (50%) + presentation (50%)
Instructor(s):
Philipp Ager
Family Policies: An Economic Perspective (Seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
Examination achievement:
Grading: term paper (50%) + presentation (50%)
Instructor(s):
Philipp Ager
Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Registration procedure:
The seminar is already fully booked.
Instructor(s):
Anne Hannusch
Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre – Prüfung (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre – Review Session (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Steffen Habermalz
Industrial Organization (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Nicolas Schutz
Industrial Revolutions in Comparison (Intensive seminar)
DE
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Registration procedure:
The seminar is already fully booked.
Instructor(s):
Alexander Donges
Description:
Einführungsveranstaltung:     Mittwoch, den 8. September 2021, 15:30–17:00 Uhr via ZOOM
Blocktermin 1:                       tba
Blocktermin 2:                       tba

Weitere Informationen: Die Anmeldung zum Seminar erfolgt während des zentralen Anmeldezeitraums (07.06.2021 – 13.06.2021). Weitere für die Anmeldung relevante Informationen werden über den Newsletter der Abteilung VWL mitgeteilt: https://www.vwl.uni-mannheim.de/service/fuer-studierende/mailingliste-vwlstudium/.
Internationale Ökonomik (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Harald Fadinger
Introduction to Statistical Learning (Seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
Instructor(s):
Cathrine Aeckerle-Willems
Law and Economics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
7
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Francisco Poggi
Macroeconomics B (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
On-campus and online, live
Instructor(s):
Antoine Camous
Macroeconomics B (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Antoine Camous
Makroökonomische Analyse der Hartz-Reformen (Intensive seminar)
DE
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Registration procedure:
Das Seminar ist nur für Austauschstudenten offen, die an der volkswirtschaftlichen Abteilung eingeschrieben sind. Informationen zur Anmeldung werden rechtzeitig per E-Mail verschickt.
Instructor(s):
Tom Krebs
Markov-Ketten (Lecture w/ Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Ingo Steinke
Microeconometrics (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Yoshiyasu Rai
Description:
The purpose of this module is to provide an introduction to modern microeconometrics – the statistical methods that economists use to analyze microlevel data. This module is primarily designed for Bachelor students who already have some background knowledge in econometrics and would like to learn more econometric tools and theories. We will cover various topics including OLS; Panel data models; Causal inference; Binary choice models; Generalized method of moments; Nonparametric models and  Penalized regression in the module.
Microeconomics B (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Helena Perrone
Mikroökonomik B (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Instructor(s):
Peter Dürsch
Mikroökonomik B (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, recorded
Instructor(s):
Peter Dürsch
Öffentliche Investitionen und inklusives Wachstum (Lecture w/ Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
9
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
5
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Tom Krebs
Organizational Economics (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Harald Fadinger
Public Choice Theory (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Description:
This course provides an introduction to the economic analysis of politics. This course consists of three parts. Part I provides an overview of economic theories on the political behavior of the key actors in the political arena: voters, candidates, legislatures, political parties, and interest groups. Part II discusses alternative voting rules and introduces some important ideas from social choice theory. Part III discusses how political decisions are distorted away from those that would be made by the benevolent governments from economics textbooks. If time permits, we also discuss contemporary issues in politics, including citizen initiatives, media bias, and campaign finance reforms.
Public Policy and Macroeconomics (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Recht für VWLer (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Michael Wolfgang Müller
Recht für VWLer (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Gernot Wirth
Resource Economics: Energy and Water (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
8
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Ulrich Wagner
Statistik II (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Attendance:
Online, recorded
Instructor(s):
Toni Stocker
Statistik II (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
8.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
4
Instructor(s):
Toni Stocker
Topics in Digital Markets (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
Instructor(s):
Volker Nocke
Topics in Empirical Political Economy (Lecture w/ Exercise)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture w/ Exercise
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Camille Urvoy
Topics in Game Theory (Seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Seminar
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
Instructor(s):
Thomas Tröger
Topics of Empirical Industrial Organization and Competition Policy (Intensive seminar)
EN
Lecture type:
Intensive seminar
ECTS:
6
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Registration procedure:
The seminar is only open to exchange students enrolled at the Department of Economics. Information on registration will be sent in time by e-mail.
Instructor(s):
Laura Grigolon
Unemployment and Wages in Europe (Lecture)
EN
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
5
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
English
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Live & on-campus
Instructor(s):
Michèle Tertilt
Introduction to Economic History for Economists (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
6.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
2
Attendance:
Online, live
Introduction into Economic History (Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
1
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Lukas Maximilian Diebold
Introduction into Economic History (Exercise)
DE
Lecture type:
Exercise
ECTS:
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
1
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Lukas Maximilian Diebold
Wirtschaftsgeschichte der Weimarer Republik (Lecture)
DE
Lecture type:
Lecture
ECTS:
7.0
Course suitable for:
Bachelor
Language of instruction:
German
Hours per week:
3
Attendance:
Online, live
Instructor(s):
Alexander Donges