Industrial organization

Rules of the course

Literature

  • PEPALL, Lynne, Daniel Jay RICHARDS and George NORMAN. Contemporary industrial organization: a quantitative approach. Hoboken: Wiley, 2010. xvii, 558. ISBN 9780470591802. Info
  • Selected papers

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. Introduction – Market structure, market power, and price discrimination (22. 2.)
  2. Practice – Market structure, market power, and price discrimination (29. 2.)
  3. Introduction – Static and dynamic games, preventing entry and predation (7. 3.)
  4. Practice – Static and dynamic games, preventing entry and predation (14. 3.)
  5. Introduction – Repeated games and the cartel (21. 3.)
  6. Practice– Repeated games and the cartel (28. 3.)
  7. Study week (4. 4.)
  8. Introduction – Horizontal mergers (11. 4.)
  9. Business trip (18. 4.)
  10.  Practice – Horizontal mergers (25. 4.)
  11. Introduction – Vertical mergers (2. 5.)
  12. Practice – Vertical mergers (9. 5.)
  13. Rector's free day (MUNI DAY 2024)

Evaluation

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 the final exam.

  • Participation in the lectures and seminars (35 points) – Active participation in lectures and seminars is automatically rewarded with 2 points. Additional 3 points will be awarded to those who read an assigned paper and can answer basic questions about the paper in the seminar (mainly about motivation, research question(s), identification strategy, contribution, and results). For an excused absence (using the letter of excuse in the IS), you will get 1 point. Please remind the teacher that your absence has been excused.
  • Project and presentation (15 points) – There will be 2 to 3 short presentations in each of the five seminars. Pairs of students will be randomly assigned to seminar tasks always at the end of the previous lecture. Details of the task will be given after a corresponding lecture. The project can be consulted with the teacher on Wednesday before the seminar. You may earn up to 15 points for the presentation. If you do not receive a presentation spot (more pairs of students than presentations), you will receive 15 points automatically.
  • Final exam (50 points)

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