Module information on this degree can be found below, separated by year of study.

The module information below applies for the current academic year. The academic year runs from August to July; the 'current year' switches over at the end of July.

Students select optional courses subject to rules specified in the Mechanical Engineering Student Handbook,  for example at most three Design and Business courses. Please note that numbers are limited on some optional courses and selection criteria will apply.

Managerial Economics Online

Module aims

 Module outline:

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Reading list

Session 01

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change?, Carbon Brief.

    Hongqiao, L. (2021).

  • Finding a Detour to Earn a Living in Indonesian Traffic Jams

    E12 Onishi, N. (2009).

    The New York Times

  • Bowles, S., Carlin, W. & Stevens, M. (2017).

  • What Richard Branson learned when Coke put Virgin Cola out of business, CNBC.

    Clifford, C. (2017).

  • They Clapped: Can Price-Gouging Laws Prohibit Scarcity?, Econlib.

    Munger, M. (2007)

Session 02

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • These charts show how COVID-19 has changed consumer spending around the world, World Economic Forum.

    Jones, K. (2020).

  • Do ‘Sin Taxes’ Really Change Consumer Behavior?, Knowledge at Wharton.

    Lockwood, B. (2017).

  • Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business. (2009)

  • Competition and Markets Authority. (2021). Algorithms: How they can reduce competition and harm consumers.

  • Advertising Makes Us Unhappy, Harvard Business Review.

    Torres, N. (2020).

  • Orta, O, R. (2020).

  • Council of European Energy Regulators

  • Greg Rosalsky and Stacey Vanek Smith

    NPR

Session 03

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • Marginal Revolution University. (2015).

  • Wall Street Journal. (2020)

Session 04

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • How Management and Game Theory Understand Strategy, California Management Review.

    Shivakumar, R. (2020).

  • spinout3. (2012).

  • Ellerbech, S

  • Spaniel, W.

  • Spaniel, W.

Session 05

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • From zero to seventy (billion).

    The Economist. (2016)

  • #About Us

  • Competition authorities throw out the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda

    The Economist

  • Out of the box: illegal tying and Google's suite of apps for the Android OS

    Todd, Patrick F.

    European competition journal Routledge

  • Strategies to Fight Low-Cost Rivals, Harvard Business Review.

    Kumar, N. (2006).

  • Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox, Yale Law Journal.

    Khan, L, M. (2017).

Session 06

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • Bhatt, A., Kolb, M. & Ward, O. (2020)

  • Fibre infrastructure is not a ‘natural monopoly'

    Anna Gross

    Financial Times

  • Regulating Broadcasting. Is there Still a Place for Public Service Television?, Reuters

    Helm, D. (2013).

  • Externalities: why do we need coordinated public action in the pandemic?, Economics Observatory.

    Toxvaerd, F. (2020).

  • The Moral Hazard Economy, Harvard Business Review.

    Bernstein, L. P. (2009).

  • Shirley, M & Walsh, P. (2000).

  • Putting nudges in perspective. Behavioural Public Policy, 1: 1, 26–53, Cambridge University Press.

    Chater, N. & Loewestein, G. (2017)

Session 07

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • Office for National Statistics. (2023).

  • GDP needs an upgrade. Here's why, World Economic Forum.

    Coyle, D. (2019)

  • Economic growth does not guarantee rising happiness.

    The Economist. (2019).

  • Roser, M. (2014).

  • Measures of National Well-being Dashboard.

    Office for National Statistics. (2019).

  • OECD. (2022)

  • what works wellbeing. (2017). Unemployment, (re)employment and wellbeing.

  • What is the size of the fiscal multiplier?, Economics Observatory.

    Lenoël, C. (2020)

  • Where does the buck stop?

    The Economist. (2016).

  • Why Should We Worry About the National Debt

    Appelbaum, B. (09 May 2017).

    New York Times

Section 08

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • 7 Examples of Innovation & Key Takeaways.

    SpriggHR. (2020)

  • Here comes the 21st century’s first big investment wave. Is your capital strategy ready?, McKinsey & Company.

    Fuchs, S., Hatami, H., Huizenga, T. & Schmitz, C. (2022).

  • European Investment Bank.

  • What is the productivity puzzle?

    Office for National Statistics. (2015)

  • Globalisation is not dying, it’s changing, Financial Times.

    Wolf, M. (2022)

  • Engler, P., MacDonald, M., Piazza, R. & Sher, G. (2020).

  • Can we have economic growth and tackle climate change at the same time?, LSE.

    Serin, E. (2022).

  • OECD. (2019)

  • Lagarde, C. (2017).

  • CORE Econ

  • Aarhus Universitet

Section 09

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • Why is inflation so high and will it stay that way? An economist explains, World Economic Forum.

    Marchant, N. (2022).

  • Haldane, A. (2020).

  • What caused hyperinflation in Venezuela: a rare blend of public ineptitude and private enterprise, The Conversation.

    Carmody, M. (2019)

  • Monetary Policy Committee. (2022).

  • Quantitative easing and monetary financing: what’s the difference?, Economics Observatory.

    McMahon, M. & Macchiarelli, C. (2020).

  • European Central Bank. (2022). Interview with Cinco Días.

Session 10

  • Begg, David K. H., author.

    Sixth edition., McGraw-Hill Education

  • The White House. (2022)

  • Krugman, Paul R., author.

    [New edition]., Penguin Books

  • Reinhart, Carmen M.

    Princeton University Press

  • The case for Mr Osborne's austerity, BBC.

    Flanders, S. (2010).

  • The case against Mr Osborne's austerity, BBC.

    Flanders, S. (2010).

  • Carlin, W., Bowles, S. & Segal, P. (2017).

  • Carlin, W., Bowles, S. & Segal, P. (2017).

  • How 7 Firms Survived And Rebuilt After Crisis: Amazon, Sequoia Capital, Hostess, And More

    CBInsights

    How 7 Firms Survived And Rebuilt After Crisis: Amazon, Sequoia Capital, Hostess, And More

  • Carlin, W., Bowles, S. & Segal, P. (2017).

  • Bank of England. (2019). Will there be another financial crisis?, edu.bankofengland.co.uk.

  • How did COVID affect government revenues, spending, borrowing and debt?, ifs.org.uk.

    Tax Lab. (2021).

  • Marginal Revolution University

Module leaders

Professor Cloda Jenkins