- Kyiv School of Economics
- Private: Calendar
- Microeconomics from Insiders: firms, markets and state regulation
Description
Are business and the government partners, antagonists or subordinates? Is state involvement in the economy justified and what is its optimal level?
Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine invite you to a two-day seminar that will set up a framework for thinking about these questions and provide insider opinions on the issues.
Some people argue that state regulation impedes business development, and therefore, the less regulation the better. Ideally then, one should cancel all state regulation and let the “invisible market hand” do its job. However, no state has yet done this. Why? Because sometimes markets fail; because there are interests other than business (e.g. of consumers, employees or the unemployed); because of asymmetric information – and these are just a few reasons. So regulation is needed. But how much regulation? How should it be designed? When should it be applied?
Speakers:
Practitioners
- Adomas Auditskas, advisor to Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
- Andriy Kobolev, head of Naftogas Ukraine
- Max Nefyodov, deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
- Andriy Pyvovarskyi, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
- Yuriy Terentiev, head of the Antitrust Committee of Ukraine
Academics
- Elena Besedina, Assistant Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics
- Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, member of the editorial board of VoxUkraine
- Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of Kyiv School of Economics, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, co-founder of VoxUkraine
- Russell Pittman, visiting professor at Kyiv School of Economics, Director of Economic Research in the Economic Analysis Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
- Oleksandr Shepotylo, lecturer at the University of Bradford
- Volodymyr Vakhitov, Assistant Professor at Kyiv School of Economics
Seminar participants will:
- know the rationale and principles of state involvement into the economy;
- understand different market structures and anti-monopoly regulations;
- find out the latest developments in the reform of state-owned enterprises in Ukraine, including the largest monopolies;
- learn about the impact of state policy on firm performanceproductivity;
- understand the logic of network industries’ regulation and its application in Ukraine;
- learn about the new public procurement system and its usefulness for business.
At the end of the seminar participants can write a final test (optional), and those who successfully pass it will receive a certificate.
Date and time: April 23-24, from 9.00am
Venue: Congress Hall, Cosmopolite Hotel, Vadima Hetmana street 6
Tickets*
- UAH 1 500 until April 17th;
- UAH 2 000 until April 22nd;
- UAH 2 500 until April 23rd;
Buy tickets here.
*This is a non-profit academic event aimed at raising the level of economic discussion in Ukraine. Our lectors do not receive honoraria. Revenues from ticket sales will be used for support of VoxUkraine independent analytical platform and coverage of organizational cost.