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Modul

Topics in Digital Economics [M-WIWI-106272]

Credits
9
Recurrence
Jedes Semester
Duration
1 Semester
Language
German/English
Level
3
Version
1

Responsible

Organisation

  • KIT-Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Part of

Bricks

Identifier Name LP
T-WIWI-102876 Auction & Mechanism Design 4.5
T-WIWI-112723 Computational Macroeconomics 4.5
T-WIWI-109936 Platform Economy 4.5
T-WIWI-102844 Industrial Organization 4.5
T-WIWI-100005 Competition in Networks 4.5
T-WIWI-102850 Introduction to Game Theory 4.5
T-WIWI-112228 Digital Markets and Market Design 4.5
T-WIWI-112726 Seminar in Digital Economics Bachelor 4.5

Competence Certificate

The module examination is carried out in the form of partial examinations on the selected courses of the module, with which in total the minimum requirements of credit points are fulfilled. The assessment of success is described for each course. The overall grade of the module is formed from the grades of the partial examinations weighted with credit points and truncated after the first decimal place.

Competence Goal

The student

  • has comprehensive knowledge of the substantive problems and economic issues raised by digitization, e.g., in the areas of industrial economics, game theory, mechanism design, macroeconomics, and the analysis of networks and platforms,
  • acquires comprehensive knowledge of advanced methods of economic modeling,
  • validates, illustrates, and interprets models developed in economic research.

Prerequisites

None.

Content

The module offers a comprehensive portfolio of economic models and methods that are applied, among other things, to the analysis of various issues related to digitalization.

Recommendation

Prior attendance of the module "Introduction to Economics" is required.

Workload

Total effort for 9 credit points: approx. 270 hours.