Profile course »Consumer Policy«

Course with weekly lectures (90 min.) and exercises (45 min.) within the framework of the BA Profile »Consumer Behaviour«

The profile course »Consumer Policy« combines a thorough theoretical analysis of the sources of market failure in the consumption sector with a practice-oriented treatment of the instruments of consumer policy. The centre of interest is the realization of the principle of consumer sovereignty in political practice.

An exercise course accompanying the lectures offers students the opportunity to get a deeper understanding of the topics dealt with in the lecture course by solving numerical exercises and discussing case studies.

In addition to this course a seminar on consumer policy is held within the BA Profile "Consumer Behaviour" each term where current problems of environmental policy are discussed.