Industrial Organization

Spring, 2016

Kong-Pin Chen

kongpin@gate.sinica.edu.tw

http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/kongpin/teaching/io.html


1. Course Description:

    The purpose of the course is to provide the basic concepts and tools to facilitate further study in advanced theory of industrial organization. The level thus tends to be elementary, and coverage thorough. Prerequisites for the course are knowledge of basic microeconomics and rudimentary game theory.

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2. Lecture Notes:

    This is a lecture notes prepared by professor Chou Chien-Fu.

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3. Course Outline:

A. Market structure (I): competitive market, monopoly.

B. Market structure (II): oligopoly, differentiated goods.

C. Network economics.

D. Auctions.

E. Pricing and marketing tactics.

F. Antitrust

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4. Office Hours: Monday 2-3pm , Room 308.

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5. Grading:

    Homeworks account for 30% of final grade. Mid-term and final examinations split the remaining 70%.

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6. Important! Check the course webpage every week before class. I will post all course materials and make all announcements on the web.

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7. Downloads: Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Arthur, David, Lecture 3, Farrell&Saloner, Lecture 4, Auction Overview, Chen, Buy-out, Lecture 5, McAfee, ChenY, Whinston, Lecture 7, Lecture 8, Fershtman&Judd, Lecture 9, Irwin, Brander&Lewis

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8. What's New:

2/22: Download Lecture 1.

2/26: Download Lecture 2. I have a meeting on 1:30, Mar 3, and might be a bit late for class that day.

3/12: Download Arthur, David, and Lecture3.

3/28: Download Farrell&Saloner and Lecture 4.

4/10: Download Auction Overview and Chen.

4/30: Download Buy-out, Lecture 5, and McAfee.

5/15: Download ChenY, Lecture 7 and Whinston.

5/23: Download Fershtman&Judd and Lecture 8.

5/30: Download Irwin, Lecture 9 and Brander&Lewis.