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INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS II

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INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS II

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Academic year 2017/2018

Course ID
ECO0228
Teacher
Davide Vannoni (Lecturer)
Year
2nd year
Type
Related or integrative
Credits/Recognition
6
Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
SECS-P/06 - economia applicata
Delivery
Formal authority
Language
English
Attendance
Optional
Type of examination
Oral
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Microeconomics
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Sommario del corso

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Course objectives

This course surveys major topics in the field of Industrial Organization, with an emphasis upon oligopoly theory, but also with a look at empirical applications. The analytical knowledge that the student will derive from the course is useful for further study of firms and markets as well as to evaluate the effects of regulatory and legal systems (such as antitrust law or competitive policies) upon firms.

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Results of learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able:
1. To understand how price and non-price competition among firms affect
economic welfare.
2. To analyze and evaluate models of competitive, oligopolistic, and
monopoly markets.
3. To analyze and evaluate how firms’ structure and conduct affect
economic welfare
The student will use some intermediate level tools to understand and
evaluate firms' structure and conduct. He will study some strategies
undertaken by firms in the real world and will critically analyze them
The student will learn simple mathematical tools as well as how to
undertake a graphical analysis. The student will apply economic
reasoning to specific situations taken from the real world of firms, without
simply repeating what is included in the textbook.
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Course delivery

Lectures, exercise sessions, and classroom presentation of papers by students working in small working groups.

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Learning assessment methods

Written exam - time: h.:1.30, maximum mark 30/30, which can be reached by summing the marks obtained in the different questions (generally four or five questions).

Bonus for presentation made in the classroom or for delivery of small project to the professor: max 4 marks.

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Program

- Short-run Price Competition
- Dynamic Price Competition and Tacit Collusion
- Entry, Accomodation and Exit
- Product Differentiation
- Strategic Behaviour: Reputation, Limit Pricing and Predation
- Mergers
- Vertical Restraints

This course surveys major topics in the field of Industrial Organization, with an emphasis upon oligopoly theory, but also with a look at empirical applications. We will focus upon market structure, firm conduct, and economic performance of industries. Of special interest is firms' strategic behaviour in price and non-price competition. The types of behaviour, or conduct, include oligopoly pricing and production, strategic entry deterrence, location strategies, product differentiation.

Suggested readings and bibliography

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Textbooks Tirole, J. (1988), The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press. Martin, S. (2001), Advanced Industrial Economics, Blackwell. Church, J. and R. Ware (1999), Industrial Organization, A Strategic Approach, McGraw-Hill Motta, M. (2005), Competition Policy, Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press



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