Learning outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students should be able to analyze, within the national and European Union legal framework, cases of sectoral regulation in the areas covered in the course, as well as competition policy, from a multidisciplinary perspective, considering, in particular:

1. The objectives and scope of action of regulatory authorities;
2. The evaluation of the benefits and costs of different regulatory measures;
3. The use of economic concepts in sectoral regulation and competition policy; and
4. The sanctioning regime.

Programmatic contents

1. Origins of Regulation
2. Economic Value in the Absence of a Market
3. Competition Policy
4. Prohibition of Restrictive Practices
5. Prohibition of Abuse of Dominant Position
6. Control of Mergers
7. State Aid: Brief Reference
8. Regulation and Competition Policy in Digital Markets
9. Monopoly Regulation
10. Environmental Regulation and Decarbonization
11. Sanctioning Regime