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Applied Microeconomics

Team & Contact
Who we are and how to reach us
Teaching - WS 2023/24
Our teaching in the WS 2023/24
Bachelor and Master Thesis
Writing your Bachelor/Master thesis at our chair
Hausarbeitsschein
In case you need a "Hausarbeitsschein"
Flexnow Transcript
How to create a (verifiable) PDF transcript in FlexNow
Credits for non-RUB modules
How to apply for credit recognition for non-RUB modules

Teaching

All information and all materials for all modules can be found in the Moodle course of the module when the semester starts. You can get the Moodle password from the FSI Password Distributor. You can join the Moodle courses at any time during the semester. It is not necessary to register in advance for any module. The registration for all exams and seminars is done via FlexNow.

Information on:

You can get the password for all Moodle courses using the FSI Password Distributor. Please note that you need a working RUB email address to receive the password.

If you write a scientific paper at our chair (seminar paper, Bachelor or Master thesis), we provide you with Guidelines for writing and presenting scientific papers (in English) or a Leitfaden für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten (in German). Please contact us per mail, and we will add you to the Moodle course “Scientific Writing (Applied Microeconomics)” where you will find those guidelines and further materials about scientific writing.

You find the FlexNow instructions for Bachelor and Master thesis here.

Teaching offers

Study Type
Lecture: Wednesdays 10-12h & Tutorial: Thursdays 10-12h
Microeconomics I (Master, 5 ECTS)
Lecture + Tutorial
2+2 contact hours
WS
WS 2023/24
Lecture: Wednesdays 12-16h & Tutorial: Thursdays 12-14h (approx. first 6 weeks of the semester)
Economics of Innovation (Master, 10 ECTS)
Lecture + Tutorial + Seminar
4 contact hours
irreg.
WS 2023/24
Lecture: Tuesdays 12-16h & Tutorial: Thursdays 14-16h (approx. first 6 weeks of the semester)
Sports Economics (Bachelor, 5 ECTS)
Lecture + Tutorial + Seminar
4 contact hours
WS
WS 2023/24
Introductory session: 12.10., 18-16h, GD 03/218
Seminar Angewandte Mikroökonomik (Bachelor, 5 ECTS)
Seminar
2 contact hours
irreg.
WS 2023/24
Lecture: Wednesdays 14-16h & Tutorial: Tuesdays 12-14h
Economics of Market Failure (Bachelor, 5 ECTS)
Lecture + Tutorial
2+2 contact hours
SS
Lecture: Wednesdays 12-14h & Tutorial: Tuesdays 10-12h
Microeconomics II (Master, 5 ECTS)
Lecture + Tutorial
2+2 contact hours
SS

Next dates

October 01, 2023
Start of Registration Period - Retake Exams, October 2023
October 18, 2023
Retake Exam: Economics of Market Failure
October 18, 2023
Retake Exam: Microeconomics II
October 19, 2023
Retake Exam: Network Economics

Research

We apply the tools of microeconomic theory to analyze economic problems in the following fields:
- provision of public goods (private allocation of public goods and public allocation of private goods)
- family economics
- network economics and two-sided markets
- sports economics and contest theory

Publications

Music, K., Salzmann, C. (2020) "Why biased agencies could be the best monitors", European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 63(4):

Music, K. (2020) "The Undesirable Consequences of Doping Regulations: Why Stricter Efforts Might Strengthen Doping Incentives", Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 21(3): 215-233.

Goetsch, A., Salzmann, C. (2019) "The Impact of Contest Dynamics on Ex Post Doping Audits", Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 20(3): 411-427.

Music, K., Salzmann, C. (2020) "Why biased agencies could be the best monitors", European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 63(4):

Music, K. (2020) "The Undesirable Consequences of Doping Regulations: Why Stricter Efforts Might Strengthen Doping Incentives", Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 21(3): 215-233.

Goetsch, A., Salzmann, C. (2019) "The Impact of Contest Dynamics on Ex Post Doping Audits", Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 20(3): 411-427.

Applied Microeconomics

Prof. Dr. Julio R. Robledo
Chair of Applied Microeconomics

Postal address:
Ruhr-University Bochum GD Fach 37
44780 Bochum

Visitor's Address:
Ruhr-University Bochum
Faculty of Management and Economics
Building GD 03/331
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum

The chair belongs to the competence field:

CISE