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BA thesis – topics in Microeconomics

BA thesis – topics in Microeconomics. Fall 2011 Info meeting, September 7, 2011 Lars Peter Østerdal, Department of Economics Email: lars.p.osterdal@econ.ku.dk www.econ.ku.dk/lpo. Decision theory and practice. Decision under uncertainty Decisions over time

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BA thesis – topics in Microeconomics

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  1. BA thesis – topics in Microeconomics Fall 2011 Info meeting, September 7, 2011 Lars Peter Østerdal, Department of Economics Email: lars.p.osterdal@econ.ku.dk www.econ.ku.dk/lpo

  2. Decision theory and practice • Decision under uncertainty • Decisions over time • How do consumers behave in experiments? • in the real world?

  3. Game theory and applications • Equilibrium refinements • Evolutionary game theory • Game-theoretic analysis of chess • (or other board games) • Cooperative game theory / • Cost and surplus sharing methods. • IO applications

  4. Industrial Economics / Organization • Competition models (Cournot, Bertrand, etc.) • Collusion / Cartel formation (how to prevent?) • Digital goods. Piracy. • R&D, patent rights, regulation …

  5. Social choice, welfare economics, and ethics • Social welfare measurement • (How to measure the overall well-being?) • Inequality measurement • Comparisons over time or across countries. • Population ethics: (how many people should we be?) • Voting rules – manipulability, optimality, etc.

  6. Development microeconomics • Poverty measurement (how? why?) • The Human Development Index • Burden of Disease measurement • Country studies (e.g. Vietnam, Mozambique) • Impact of the 2007–2008 world food price crisis

  7. Urban economics • Road pricing • Congestion charging zones • Network economics • Housing economics

  8. Market design • What is the optimal auction design? • Matching markets. How to match • - kids to daycares? • - students to places at uni? • - donor organs to patients on waiting list? • - etc. • Efficient/fair lottery design

  9. Health economics • How to make priorities in the health care sector? • How the evaluate the benefit of a new drug/treatment? • How to ensure efficient production of health care services? • Why is life-expectancy so low in Denmark?

  10. Environmental and energy economics • Project evaluation (e.g. should we build a Kattegat Bridge?) • Game-theoretic analysis of • international climate change • negotiations • Economics of climate change • (who wins? Who losses?) • Energy markets (for example, • analyse the electricity market)

  11. Good luck! • Questions? • Do not hesitate to contact me

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