EC3008 Industrial Economics-Lecture notes & handouts

Weeks

Lecture Topics

 

Week 1

Topic 1: Theory of the Firm and its Objectives

Weeks 2 & 3 

Topic 1: Theory of the firm and its objectives
Week 4   No lecture this week

Week 5

Topic 2:  Market Concentration, absolute & relative drift, L.P.E  handout

Week 6

Topic 2: Market Concentration, market definition  
Week 7  Topic 2: Market Concentration

Weeks 8&9 

Topic 3: The SCP vs. the revisionist approach
Week 10 Topic 4: Barriers to entry  
Week 11 Topic 4: Barriers to entry  
  *************Christmas & New Year Break*************  
Week 1   Topic 5: Product Differentiation; horizontal product differentiation
Week 2  Topic 5: Product Differentiation; advertising
Week 3 ) Topic 6: Innovation

 

Week 4  Topic 6: Innovation  R.J. Gilbert and M.L.Katz, An Economist's Guide to U.S. v. Microsoft, February 2001.
Week 5 Topic 6: Innovation & Topic 7: Welfare and Market structure 

 

Week 6 Topic 7  
Week 7 Topic 7   
Week 8 Topic 8: Privatisation   
Week 9 Topic 8  
Week 10 Revision  

 

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