Development Economics: Ökonomische Analysen zur Panafrikanischen Freihandelszone - Single View

The course will be held in English.

Motta, M. (2004). ”Competition Policy: Theory and Practice.” Cambridge University Press.

Todaro, M.P. and Smith S.C. (2015). ”Economic Development.” 12^th edition. Pearson.

Additional literature can be found in the syllabus (see below) and will also be announced during the lecture.

The course builds on concepts taught in the classes Microeconomics I, Microeconomics II, and Advanced Microeconomics. As a mandatory requirement, you must have passed the development economics class in the winter term 2019/20.

Portfolioprüfung: 20minütiger Vortrag/Korreferat (25%) mit ca. 15-seitiger Hausarbeit (75%)

In this seminar, we will analyze economic effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area. A first focus will be put on the effects of liberalized trade on cross-border competition including, for example, effects on merger activities, firm entry and exit, infant industries, industrial policy and many more. A second focus will be put on topics such as welfare effects of the AfCFTA, the relationship of FDI and the free trade area, inclusiveness (regional distributional and gender aspects) of the AfCFTA as well as possible problems with its implementation. The students shall present results of theoretical and empirical research on competition and trade. These results shall be interpreted in light of practical applications (e.g., competition cases) in Africa.

Master's students. The participants in this seminar must already have completed the first part of the development economics module by, e.g., having attended the development economics lecture in winter 2019/20.