Spring, 2016
Kong-Pin Chen
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.