- Docente: Massimiliano Castellani
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration and Management (cod. 8842)
Learning outcomes
The course will introduce the student to the study of industrial organization. The goal is an understanding of imperfectly competitive markets and their relationship to the structure of firms, with a special focus on the regulation of real-world competition. The course integrates theoretical models and empirical studies.
Course contents
- Anticompetitive Behavior.
- Collusion and Repeated Games.
- Contractual Relations Between Firms.
- Horizontal, Vertical and Conglomerate Mergers, and Vertical Price Restraints.
- Non-Price Competition.
- Advertising, Research and Development.
- Special Topics
- Network Issues.
- Cultural and creative industry.
Readings/Bibliography
Pepall L., Richards D.J., Norman G. e Calzolari G. ORGANIZZAZIONE
INDUSTRIALE, McGraw-Hill, Milano, seconda edizione, 2013. CHAPTERS
15-16-17-18-19
Advanced readings:
Candela G. e Scorcu A.E. ECONOMIA DELLE ARTI, Zanichelli,
Bologna, 2004. CHAPTERS 4-5-6.
A reading list (articles for essays) will be provided during
lectures.
Teaching methods
Class lectures
Assessment methods
Written and oral examination.
Teaching tools
During the lectures will be presented the some models of industrial organization and discussed the main issues of industrial policy.
Links to further information
http://www.ateneonline.it/pepall2e/home.asp
Office hours
See the website of Massimiliano Castellani