Universität Wien

040170 SE Regulatory Impact Assessment (MA) (2018S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

For students of the ERASMUS+ Program "European Master in Law and Economics": open for advanced students of "Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts" (successful paritcipations in the basic course and Proseminar of Fall 2015/16)

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 24 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine

Vorbesprechung: Dienstag, 13.3., 16.45 - 18.15 Uhr, Seminarraum 4, 1. Stock, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1


Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The topic is Regulatory Iimpact Assessment (RIA) and related fields. The focus will be on Cost-Benefit-Analysis, Cost-Effectiveness-Analysis, Welfare Criteria, alternatives such as Happiness, the Precautionary Principle and Feasibility. Then the principles of Regulartory Impact Analysis as well as the Standard Cost Model (cutting back red tape for private businesses) will be discussed. The keynote lecture will be by Robert Hahn, one of the world's leading scholars.. Students will be enabled to carry out original RIA for simpler cases and to assess existing analyses

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Students will be requested
1. to present a short paper on one of the basic topics
2. to develop a structure for a RIA for a deliberately selected case as the basis for grading.
During guest-lectures bonus-points can be achieved by active participation in the discussions

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

1. Acceptable presentation
2. Submittnace of the case study, which will be graded according to completeness, depth and technical quality of suggested measures

Prüfungsstoff

The topics for exams are Implicitely determined by topic of presentation and quality of RIA submitted

Literatur

For students of EMLE (ERASMUS+)
Will be provided via e-mail for download.
For students from Vienna there will be a preparatory session, to be announced separately

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Fr 31.08.2018 08:42