040170 SE Regulatory Impact Assessment (MA) (2018S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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)
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 14.02.2018 09:00 to We 21.02.2018 12:00
- Deregistration possible until We 14.03.2018 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
There will be a preparatory class for students from the University of Vienna, which will be held before the Easter break and will be announced separately
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
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
Assessment and permitted materials
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
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
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
1. Acceptable presentation
2. Submittnace of the case study, which will be graded according to completeness, depth and technical quality of suggested measures
2. Submittnace of the case study, which will be graded according to completeness, depth and technical quality of suggested measures
Examination topics
The topics for exams are Implicitely determined by topic of presentation and quality of RIA submitted
Reading list
see left box
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Fr 31.08.2018 08:42