Economic Regulation

Code:

2EGA07

Acronym:

ER

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2025/2026 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Economics and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EGA	34	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	4	28	108
MFPE	0	Study plan	1	-	4	28	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

With this discipline the students can acquire the economic instruments to understand regulation in general and in the environmental specific case and evaluate the regulation policies.

Learning outcomes and competences

We hope that at the end of the course the students can understand regulation in general and in the environmental specific case and evaluate the regulation policies.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Justification for economic regulation 2. Alternatives to regulation 3. Natural Monopoly 4. Regulation of natural monopolies 5. Asymmetrical information and regulation 6. Regulation in practice 7. Network industries regulation 8. Environmental regulation

Mandatory literature

W. Kip Viscusi, J. Harrington e J. Vernon; Economics of Regulation and Antitrust - 4ªEd, The MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 0 262 22075 X
M. Crew e D. Parker (eds); International Handbook on Economic Regulation, E. Elgar, 2006. ISBN: 1 84376 671 X
J. Church e R. Ware; Industrial Organization - A Strategic Approach, MacGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN: 0 07 116645 9
Cristina Chaves, Lígia Costa Pinto e Marieta Valente; Economia do Ambiente - Conceitos e desenvolvimentos, Almedina, 2023. ISBN: 978 989 40 0741 8

Complementary Bibliography

Rui Cunha Marques; Regulação de Serviços Públicos, Edições Sílabo, 2005. ISBN: 972 618 380 4
José Fernandes Soares; Teorias Económicas de Regulação, Instituto Piaget, 2007. ISBN: 978 972 771 877 1
Lurdes Ferreira; Portugal bem Regulado - Um grande desafio - O caso da energia e do ambiente, bnomics, 2010. ISBN: 978 989 8184 49 8
João Confraria; Regulação e Concorrência - Desafios do século XXI, Universidade Católica Editora, 2005. ISBN: 972 540 113 1
Vítor Marques; Poder de Mercado e regulação nas indústrias de rede, GEPE do Ministério da Economia, 2003. ISBN: 972-9128-02-2
Hélder Valente; Fusões e Aquisições - Regulação e Finanças das Empresas, Vida Económica, 2005. ISBN: 972 788 150 5
António Cardoso Marques; Economia da Energia - Desafios, intervenção pública e gestão da procura de eletricidade, Edições Sílabo, 2018. ISBN: 978-972-618-949-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and applied classes

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	38,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho escrito	42,00
Total:	108,00

Eligibility for exams

All students can do final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Two essays - 20% each. Final exam - 60%.

Classification improvement

2nd exam.