- Docente: Vincenzo Denicolò
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics, Markets and Institutions (cod. 8038)
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from Sep 19, 2023 to Dec 14, 2023
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students will be familiar with strategic reasoning in markets and will be able to apply such reasoning to a variety of strategic problems, such as product positioning, exclusive dealing agreements, predatory practices and the like. Students will also be familiar with competition policy, including the treatment of collusion, exclusionary practices and mergers.
Course contents
1. Monopoly
2. Price discrimination
3. Quality choice
4. Oligopoly: Bertrand and Cournot
5. Product differentiation
6. Collusion
7. Vertical relationships
8. Predation, bundling and exclusive contracts
9. Innovation and intellectual property
10. Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Organization
Readings/Bibliography
Pepall, Richards e Norman, Industrial Organization, Wiley
Teaching methods
Lectures and classes
Assessment methods
Closed-book, written exam
Meaning of the final mark:
<18 failed
18-23 sufficient
24-27 good
28-30 very good
30 e lode excellent
Teaching tools
Lecture slides and lecture notes
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Denicolò