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Industrial Organization I >> Content Detail



Syllabus



Syllabus



Course Description


The course provides a graduate level introduction to Industrial Organization. It is designed to provide a broad introduction to topics and industries that current researchers are studying as well as to expose students to a wide variety of techniques. It will start the process of preparing economics PhD students to conduct thesis research in the area, and may also be of interest to doctoral students working in other areas of economics and related fields. The course integrates theoretical models and empirical studies.

The course presumes that students have a familiarity with micro theory, basic game theory and some econometrics.



Grading


The course will be graded on the basis of eight problem sets, a midterm, and a three-hour final exam.



Calendar


The course calendar provides information on lecture topics and assignment due dates.

Week #TopicsKEY DATES
1Monopoly Pricing and Durable Goods
2Price Discrimination
3Empirical Models of DemandProblem set 1 due
4Static Competition and Models of DifferentiationProblem set 2 due
5SearchProblem set 3 due
6Dynamic Competition
7Firm ConductProblem set 4 due
8Empirical Models of Supply and Demand
9EntryProblem set 5 due
10Strategic Investment
11Asymmetric InformationProblem set 6 due
12Auctions
13NetworksProblem set 7 due
14Dynamic Empirical Models
15Patents and Technology DiffusionProblem set 8 out
16Bounded Rationality

 








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