Martin Wörter: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2017

NameHerr Prof. Dr. Martin Wörter
Adresse
KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle
ETH Zürich, LEE F 111
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telefon+41 44 632 51 51
E-Mailwoerter@kof.ethz.ch
DepartementManagement, Technologie und Ökonomie
BeziehungTitularprofessor

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
363-1036-00LEmpirical Innovation Economics3 KP2GM. Wörter
KurzbeschreibungThe course focuses on important factors that drive the innovation performance of firms, like innovation capabilities, science-industry relationships, environmental policy and it shows how innovation activities relate to firm performance and to the technological dynamic of industries. Hence, the course provides an understanding of the relationship between technical change and industrial dynamics.
LernzielThe course provides students with the basic skills to understand and assess empirically the technological activities of firms and the technological dynamics of industries.
InhaltThe course consists of two parts. Part I provides an introduction into important topics in the field of the economics of innovation. Part II consists of empirical exercises based on the KOF Innovation Data. In part I we will learn about ...a) market conditions that encourage firms to invest in R&D (Research and Development) and develop new products. ...b) the role of universities for the technological activities of a firm (technology transfer). ...c) how technologies diffuse among firms. ...d) how the R&D activities of firms are affected by economic crises and how firms finance their R&D activities. ...e) how we can measure the returns to R&D activities. ...f) how (environmental) policies affect the technological activities of a firm. In part II we will use the KOF Innovation Survey Data in order to assess empirically the technological activities of firms referring to the topics introduced in part I.
SkriptWill be provided in the course
LiteraturLiterature will be presented in the course. For an introduction into the economics of innovation see G.M. Peter Swann, The Economics of Innovation - an Introduction, Edward Elgar, 2009.
For an overview of empirical innovation studies see W.M. Cohen (2010): Fifty Years of Empirical Studies of Innovation Activities and Performance, in: B.H Hall, N. Rosenberg (eds.), Handbook of Economics of Innovation, volume 1, Elsevier, pp. 129-213.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesCourse is directed to advanced Master-Students and PhD Students with an interest in empirical work.
751-0901-00LEinführung in die Mikroökonomie3 KP2GM. Wörter, M. Beck
KurzbeschreibungAnalyse der wirtschaftlichen Entscheidungen von Haushalten und Unternehmen und deren Koordination über vollkommene Märkte.
LernzielVertieftes Verständnis grundlegender mikroökonomischer Modelle. Fähigkeit diese Modelle bei der Interpretation realer wirtschaftlicher Zusammenhänge anzuwenden.
InhaltMarkt, Budgetrestriktion, Präferenzen, Nutzenfunktion, Nutzenmaximierung, Nachfrage, Technologie, Gewinnfunktion, Kostenminimierung, Kostenfunktion, vollkommene Konkurrenz
SkriptUnterlagen in der Internet Lernumgebung https://moodle-app2.let.ethz.ch/auth/shibboleth/login.php
LiteraturVarian, Hal R. (2014), Intermediate Microeconomics, W.W. Norton

Deutsche Übersetzung: Grundzüge der Mikroökonomik (2016), 9. Auflage, Oldenbourg; auch die frühere 8. Ausgabe (2011) kann verwendet werden.