Skov & Landskab | |||||||||||||||
Tidligst mulig placering | |||||||||||||||
Varighed | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||
Pointværdi | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||||
Eksamen | bedømmelse af projektrapport med hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: bestået/ikke bestået, ekstern censur | ||||||||||||||
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Blokplacering | 3-week course June | ||||||||||||||
Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
Anbefalede forudsætninger | 095513 Agricultural Marketing Micro Economics (formerly Economic Theory) | ||||||||||||||
Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||
The purpose of the course is to provide an introduction to the New-Institutional Economics framework and its applications mainly on agriculture, Agribusiness, and Cooperatives - related problems. The topics covered in this course include the theory of institutions, transaction costs, the theory of agency, theory of property rights and theory of collective action. | |||||||||||||||
Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||
The Food industry consists a major part not only of the agricultural sector at large, but of the Danish economy as well. The economic organisation of this industry and the role of cooperatives is the focus of this course. There will be several applications examined in agriculture and agribusiness-related problems: agricultural contracts, vertical coordination and organisation in the Agri-Food chain, cooperatives. | |||||||||||||||
Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||
There will be regular lectures by the course instructor. Students will have to make also two presentations each: a) one on a theoretical subject, selected in consultation with the instructor; b) one presentation on an applied case-study project which the students will have to prepare from a list of topics provided by the instructor | |||||||||||||||
Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
Milgrom and Roberts (1992): "Economics, Organization, and Management", Prentice Hall | |||||||||||||||
Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
Kostas Karantininis, kok@life.ku.dk, Fødevareøkonomisk Institut/Afdeling for Produktion og Teknologi, Tlf: 35332276 | |||||||||||||||
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