Students

• Understand different concepts towards globalisation 
• Analyse the relevance of globalisation for international business 
• Analyse the role of regulation in market building 
• Assess the viability of different theories on the impact of internationalization on development, skills, location etc

1 Introduction to economic integration

• Nations, borders, distance 
• International organisations 
• Modes of economic integration 

2 Regulating markets

• Economic theory of regulation 
• Regulatory capture: The example of financial markets 

3 Globalisation

• History and features of globalisation 
• Globalisation of production 
• Globalisation of services

• Krugman, P.; Obstfeld, M.: International economics: Theory and policy, New York 1997 
• Most recent papers from EU and research institutes on the development and impact of EU regulation in the resp. fields

• Mix of lectures and group work; 
• presentations by students; 
• case studies; 
• preparation by working through a reading list

Englisch

Written test (90 min.)  

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