- Docente: Elena Argentesi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and business (cod. 9202)
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from Sep 18, 2024 to Dec 06, 2024
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of industrial organization. The course discusses first the behaviour of firms and their interactions in the different markets. Then, it focuses on the firm internal organisation, devoting particular attention to the theory of incentives and to incomplete information. At the end of the course the student is able to: - analyse the strategic behaviour of firms in different markets; - understand the main features of the internal organisation of the firm; - understand the role of incomplete information on firms decisions and propose possible solutions for the resulting allocative inefficiencies.
Course contents
Topics:
Part 1: Basic concepts
Part 2: Monopoly power
Part 3: Oligopoly and strategic interaction
Part 4: Anticompetitive strategies: Collusion and predation
Part 5: Contractual relations between firms: Mergers and vertical restrictions
Readings/Bibliography
Pepall, Richards, Norman e Calzolari, Organizzazione Industriale, quarta edizione, 2023, McGraw-Hill
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
written exam
Teaching tools
Slides and additional materials will be available on the Virtuale platform.
Office hours
See the website of Elena Argentesi