- Docente: Giacomo Calzolari
- Crediti formativi: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Moduli: Giacomo Calzolari (Modulo 1) Vincenzo Denicolò (Modulo 2)
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 1) Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Economics (cod. 8408)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
Students attending this course will acquire a thorough knowledge of how firms interact in markets. By the end of the module, students will understand strategic behavior in markets and how firms may gain and exploit a competitive advantage over their rivals. Furthermore, students will gain a thorough understanding of competition policy: in particular, what are its aims, how it works, and how firms must adapt their behavior in order to avoid antitrust sanctions.
Contenuti
Part I
List of possible topics to be covered.
- Introduction: Why study IO”, “Market definition”, “What is a market” (T Introduction)
- Theory of the firm (T Ch. 1)
- Monopoly (T Ch. 2)
- Product Selection (T Ch. 2)
- Price discrimination (T Ch. 3)
- Short run price competition (T Ch. 5)
- Dynamic price competition and Collusion (T Ch. 6)
- Product differentiation (T Ch. 7)
- Entry (T Ch. 8)
- Innovation and R&D (T Ch. 10)
(Reference T to the textbook by J. Tirole.)
Part II
Advanced topics with students presentations. Possible topics to cover
- Contracts and competition
- Exclusive contracts
- Privacy policies
- Search and information
- Platforms
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Models of innovation
- Patents
- Non-linear pricing and Bundling
Prerequsites.
Since this is a graduate course jointly offered with the PhD in Economics at the University of Bologna, students are expected to command the basics of game theory. A very good knowledge at the level of Micro 1 and Micro 2 LMEC is required.
Precise list of topics is available here
https://sites.google.com/view/lmecindustrial
Testi/Bibliografia
Textbooks.
The Theory of Industrial Organization (1988). Jean Tirole. MIT Press.
Industrial Organization. A Strategic Approach (2000). Church Jeffrey and Roger Ware. McGraw-Hill. Available freely online at http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~jrchurch/page4/page4.html.
Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies (2010). Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz. Cambridge University Press.
Other materials.
Other materials will be distributed on the course webpage:
https://sites.google.com/view/lmecindustrial
Metodi didattici
Traditional class lectures.
Students' presentations.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Students' presentations.
Class participation.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Class lecturing and presentations.
Link ad altre eventuali informazioni
https://sites.google.com/view/lmecindustrial
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Giacomo Calzolari
Consulta il sito web di Vincenzo Denicolò