The Economics of Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance

• The core materials for the course, and for all assessment paths, are the textbook, the lecture slides, the lecture notes and the additional teaching materials made available by the instructor during the course.
• Lecture slides, academic articles, handouts and additional readings will complement the textbook, especially with reference to antitrust enforcement in financial, banking and payment markets, recent developments in competition policy, and…
• These materials will be made available or indicated through the course website on Virtuale, the University’s teaching platform:

Argomenti del programma: The course provides an introduction to the economic analysis of competition policy and antitrust enforcement, with a specific focus on financial, banking and payment markets. It combines the study of the main analytical tools used in competition economics with their application to markets characterized by concentration, regulation, network effects, interoperability issues, data-related lock-in, and systemic…