- Docente: Luca Lambertini
- Credits: 4
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)
Learning outcomes
After taking the course, the student is expected to be familiar
with the evolution of the theory of industrial organization, game
theory instruments, the basic models of Cournot, Bertrand and
Stackelberg and the issues concerning mergers, cartels, entry
barriers, innovation and network externality.
Course contents
1) Game theory: basics and equilibrium concepts
2) Foundations of oligopoly theory
3) Mergers
4) Cartels and implicit collusion
5) Product differentiation
6) Entry barriers
7) Innovation
8) Standardization and networks externalities
Readings/Bibliography
Garella, P. and L. Lambertini (2002), Organizzazione industriale, Carocci, Roma, chs 9-16.
Teaching methods
Class lectures
Assessment methods
written examination
Teaching tools
Formal analysis of existing models. All mathematical aspects will
be illustrated in class.
Office hours
See the website of Luca Lambertini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.