Rules of the course Industrial Organization
Literature
PEPALL, Lynne, Daniel Jay RICHARDS and George NORMAN. Contemporary industrial organization:
a quantitative approach. Hoboken: Wiley, 2010. xvii, 558. ISBN 9780470591802. info
Structure of the course
The subject consists of five thematic blocks. There will be a written exam in the last lesson.
Structure of the course:
1. Introductory lesson (no points awarded)
2. Lecture – Market structure and market power, bundling and tying
3. Practice – Market structure and market power, bundling and tying
4. Lecture – Static and dynamic games, preventing the entry and predation
5. Practice – Static and dynamic games, preventing the entry and predation
6. Lecture – Repeated games and the cartel
7. Practice – Repeated games and the cartel
8. Lecture – Horizontal mergers
9. Practice – Horizontal mergers
10. Lecture – Vertical and conglomerate mergers
11. Practice – Vertical and conglomerate mergers
12. Final exam (no points awarded)
Evaluation
In order to get the credit you need to collect 60 out of a maximum of 100 points. Points can be
obtained for your participation in classes, homework and final exam.
1. Participation in the lectures and seminars (20 points) – An active participation in the entire
class is automatically rewarded by 2 points. For an excused absence (using the letter of
excuse in the IS), you get 1 point. Please remind the teacher that your absence has been
excused.
2. Homework (30 points) – In each block between the lecture and seminar, you need to write
homework. We will correct the homework in the weeks after the seminars. For each
assignment you can earn a maximum of 6 points. Homework submitted after the deadline
will not be corrected. It can be evaluated only if you have an excuse in the IS for at least
3 working days in the week between the given lectures and seminars (from these five: Wed,
Thu, Fri, Mon, Tue) and the teacher has given you an alternative date when you submit your
homework.
3. Final exam (50 points)