- Syllabus – EconS 594, Fall 2020.
- Student presentations, tentative schedule.
- Slides:
- Chapter 3, Static imperfect competition.
- Chapter 4, Dynamic imperfect competition.
- Chapter 5, Product differentiation.
- Chapter 6, Advertising.
- Literature review (Handbook of Industrial Organization, Bagwell), Link.
- Chapter 8, Group and personalized pricing.
- Chapter 9, Menu pricing.
- Chapter 14, Cartels and tacit collusion.
- Chapter 15, Horizontal mergers.
- Chapter 16, Strategic incumbents and entry.
- Strategic pre-commitment, Link.
- Practice exercises in Industrial Organization: You can find more practice exercises in my book Industrial Organization: Practice Exercises with Answer Keys, with Pak-Sing Choi and Eric Dunaway. Link.
- Research and presentation resources:
- Short book “A Guide for the Young Economist,” MIT Press, Link.
- Homework assignments:
- Midterm exam.