As for main contents, this course aims to provide students with tools to critically assess the impact of law and regulation on markets and business activities; students will also gain a basic knowledge of competition analysis and antitrust. From a broader perspective, the course aims to develop the communication skills of the students.

After attending the course, students should be able to: - show a critical understanding of individual and collective agents behaviors - rely upon a general knowledge about origins, structure and functioning of main contemporary legal systems, also in conjunction with market development - be aware of main regulatory theories, as well as of the impact of regulation on markets and business activities - navigate the main antitrust and competition law issues, also a US/EU comparative viewpoint.

- Cognitive and behavioral approaches to individual and collective economic agents - Assessment of market structures and dynamics - Introduction to comparative legal systems - General theory of regulation - Industrial regulation: case studies - Antitrust and competition law.

Class presentations and further readings indicated along the course, to be made available through the online platform and weblinks contained in the presentations.

Front teaching, case discussion.

Participation in classes, multiple-choice quizzes, individual writing assignment.

Relevance of the proposed topic.