ba thesis – topics in microeconomics fall 2011 info meeting, september 7, 2011 lars peter...

BA thesis – topics in MicroeconomicsFall 2011

Info meeting, September 7, 2011

Lars Peter Østerdal, Department of EconomicsEmail: lars.p.osterdal@econ.ku.dkwww.econ.ku.dk/lpo

Decision theory and practice

Decision under uncertainty

Decisions over time

How do consumers behave in experiments? in the real world?

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

Industrial Economics / Organization

Competition models (Cournot, Bertrand, etc.)

Collusion / Cartel formation (how to prevent?)

Digital goods. Piracy.

R&D, patent rights, regulation …

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.

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

Urban economics

Road pricing

Congestion charging zones

Network economics

Housing economics

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

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?

Environmental and energy economics

Project evaluation (e.g. should we build a Kattegat Bridge?)

Game-theoretic analysis ofinternational climate change negotiations

Economics of climate change (who wins? Who losses?)

Energy markets (for example, analyse the electricity market)

Good luck!

Questions? Do not hesitate to contact me