| Ansvarligt institut | Fødevareøkonomisk Institut | ||||||||||||||
| English Title | Agribusiness Economics I | ||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Kandidat 1.år til Kandidat 2. år | ||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: a. Written examination (2 hrs): Questions and exercises on both theory and applications. b. Theoretical exercises during the course prepared and handed in individually c. Research paper. Topic selected at begining of course, presented at the end. Two Students on each paper. Contributions of each student are agreed upon at the begining. Each student evaluated according to individual contribution and upon individual questions during presentation. Vægtning: Written exam: 40% Theoretical exercises 30% Research paper & presentation: 30% 7-trinsskala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 04. november 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | a. Lectures by the instructor b. lectures and discussions with agribusiness executives c. theoretical exercises d. industry visits | ||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 1 Ugestruktur: B | ||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | 270050 Consumer Economics and Policy Any course on micro-economics or industrial organization at intermediate level or equivalent | ||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | None | ||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||
| a. The Danish agri-food industry b. Organization of the agri-food industry: the IO approach c. Price determination and trategy d. Horizontal Organization e. Vertical organization f. Price discovery g. Competition policy h. Empirical industrial organization | |||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||
| a. Class lectures b. Theoretical exercises c. Lectures and discussions with industry experts d. Visit agri-business firms | |||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||
| The main objective of the course is to provide the student with analytical tools and field knowledge: a. The necessary analytical tools for the study of the agri-food industry b. An understanding of the structure and organization of the agri-food industry After completing the course the student should be able to: Knowledge: a. Know the main developments in modern industrial organization theory and the theory as it is applied to the agri-food industry b. Describe and analyze issues pertaining in the agri-food industry such as mergers, competition vertical integration, and innovation c. describe and analyze industrial policies related to competition in the agri-food industry Skills: Use modern industrial organization models with game theory applications to agri-food industry applications Competences: a. Identify, describe and analyze functions, structure and other issues in the agri-food industry in Denmark, Europe and internationally b. Apply modern industrial organization models and quantitative methods on problems and issues in the agri-food industry | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| a. Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Empirical Applications, 4th Edition Lynne Pepall (Tufts University), Dan Richards (Tufts University), George Norman (Tufts University) January 2008, ©2008, Wiley-Blackwell b. Journal articles c. Industry reports | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Jens Leth Hougaard, jlh@foi.dk, Fødevareøkonomisk Institut/Faggruppe for Produktion og Teknologi, Tlf: 353-36814 | |||||||||||||||
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