- Docente: Flavio Delbono
- Crediti formativi: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Laurea in Economics and finance /economia e finanza (cod. 8835)
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
The aim of this course is to provide students with a general and base knowledge of modern industrial organization based on strategic interaction among firms and consumers. Students will learn the functioning of the markets by analyzing the behavior of non-competitive firms, also with the tools of modern game theory. Industrial policies and regulation will be discussed together with the principles of competition policy.
Contenuti
Part 1: Presentation of the course, background, perfect competition
Part 2: Monopoly and price discrimination.
Part 3: Strategic interaction, game theory, oligopolistic markets
Part 4: Non price-competition, entry barriers, collusion, advertising, R&D
Part 5: Antitrust and regulation
Testi/Bibliografia
L. Pepall, D. Richards, G. Norman, Industrial Organization, 4th or 5th ed., Blackwell, 2008.
Except: 4.5 (means section 5 of chapter 4); 7.5.2; 7.6; Appendix to ch. 8; 10.3; 10.5; 11.1; 11.2; 12.2.2; 13.2; 13.3.1; 13.5; 14.3; 14.4; 15.3; 15.5; 15.6; 16.3; 16.4; 16.6; Appendices to ch. 16; 17.3; 17.6; 18.4; 18.5; 19.6; 21.2; 21.3; 21.6; 22.5; 22.6; 23.3; 23.7; ch. 24; 25.3; 25.4.
Metodi didattici
Standard front teaching.
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
Mid-semester written exam and final written exam. Exams includequestions and exercises.
Students can reject the grade obtained at the exam once. To this end, he/she must email a request to the instructor within the date set for registration. The instructor will confirm reception of the request by email within the same date.
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
Textbook and exercises.
Orario di ricevimento
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