Advanced Seminar Economics, Policy & Econometrics: Health Economics

Participants analyze selected problems in health economics and derive recommendations for political action.

After participation, students will be able to explain and present specific topics in health economics by means of micro- and welfare-economic concepts. Furthermore, they are able to assess the debated theoretical and empirical contributions to health economics and to integrate them in the literature. By means of discussions following the presentations, students learn to critically reflect upon the assumptions and methods of the debated economic models.

Each seminar participant independently elaborates a topic in health economics. The examination comprises two parts: 1) Presentation (1/3 of grade) on the topic selected by the respective participant and a corresponding brief written précis (extensive handout) followed by a discussion 2) Written seminar paper (12 pages) (2/3 of grade) on the selected topic Students should demonstrate their capacity for abstraction (thinking in economic models) and concretization (interpreting and applying the results of the model, deriving recommendations for political action) regarding current topics.

Principles of Micro- and Macroeconomics

Each seminar participant independently elaborates a topic in health economics. The examination comprises a seminar paper as well as a presentation on the topic selected by the respective participant.