Industrial Organization – Bologna

• We will be covering this book closely in class, so it is strongly recommended in order to understand the class material.
• Additional teaching material (lecture slides, exercises, articles and case studies) will be made available through the Virtuale platform.

Argomenti del programma: Prerequisites: The course assumes that students are familiar with basic microeconomic models (perfect competition, monopoly) and are comfortable with using algebra and basic calculus (e.g. linear systems of equations, derivatives and partial derivatives, optimization problems in one and two variables).

Argomenti del programma: Part 1: Presentation of the course and microeconomics background. Part 2: Game theory and oligopoly. Part 3: Market structure Part 4: Non-price strategies Part 5: Competition policy and regulation Part 6: Auctions and public procurement

Argomenti del programma: Part 1: Presentation of the course and microeconomics background. Part 2: Game theory and oligopoly. Part 3: Market structure Part 4: Non-price strategies Part 5: Competition policy and regulation Part 6: Auctions and public procurement