Universität Wien

050139 VU Information Economics and Legislation I (2013W)

6.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 5 - Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 07.10. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 14.10. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 21.10. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 28.10. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 04.11. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 11.11. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 18.11. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 25.11. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 02.12. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 09.12. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 16.12. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 13.01. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 20.01. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG
  • Monday 27.01. 15:00 - 19:00 Seminarraum 11, Währinger Straße 29 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Information-technological, socio-economic, and legistic developments interleave in intricate ways. The interplay of technological options and implementation of legal norms defines in critical, but hardly foreseeable terms the dynamics and future perspective of entire societies. "Information Econcomis and Legislation I" discusses - based on pivotal concepts of "New Institutional Economics" (NIE) - the multifarious inter-dependencies of technological and juridical choices, and illustrates these using various case studies and scenarios of practical interest.

Assessment and permitted materials

Presence in classes throughout the whole winter term is mandatory (permissible: up to max. 3 absences) to receive a mark. Students' contributions comprise:
a) short term papers (in writing and oral presentation);
b) continuous contributions to discussions;
c) final written examination in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Analysis of interrelations between basic institutions of society and (market) economy as well as the implementation of legal norms; effects of ICT on this interplay. Exemplification of theory-based reasoning through empirical evidence.

Examination topics

Oral presentations, based on literature and desk-top research; discussion contributions; preparation and plenary presentation of short term papers.

Reading list

Rudolf RICHTER, Eirik G. FURUBOTN: "Institutions and Economic Theory: The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics", Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 1997

Herbert SIMON: "The Sciences of the Artificial", 3. Aufl., Cambridge, Ma./London: MIT Press, 1996

Dominique FORAY: "The Economics of Knowledge", Cambridge, Ma./London: MIT Press, 1996 ("L'économie de la conaissance", Editions La Decouverte: Paris, 2000)

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