Pending: A class visit to Devils Backbone is highly unlikely, as they have not responded to email and phone inquiries.
Class meets in Early-Fielding 200.
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Week Day Date |
General Topic |
Text |
Details |
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Week I |
Fri |
7-Sep |
Product Characteristics & Strategy |
text §4.2.3 |
Miller Lite |
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Mon |
10-Sep |
no class |
… |
RENIR Conference, Toronto |
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Wed |
12-Sep |
Competitive Foundations: horizontal demand curve |
Ch 2 |
CS + PS as a metric |
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Fri |
14-Sep |
Market Power and Elasticities: |
MR and MR=MC |
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Week II |
Mon |
17-Sep |
Monopoly: FC, AC, MC, (in)efficiency |
Ch 2 |
more on Saudi Arabia |
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Wed |
19-Sep |
Monopoly & regulation |
Ch 2 |
utilities |
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Fri |
21-Sep |
Monopoly and Market Structure |
Breaking Monpolies? Disruption |
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Sat |
22-Sep |
Entrepreneurship Summit |
see Summit schedule for details |
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Week III |
Mon |
24-Sep |
Entry Games (I) |
competition on price |
Bertrand |
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Wed |
26-Sep |
Entry Games (II) |
Cournot |
competition in quantity |
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Fri |
28-Sep |
Entry games (III) |
Bertrand vs Cournot |
Multiple products |
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Week IV |
Mon |
1-Oct |
Oligopoly (IV) |
Ch 9.3.3 |
Market Size & Number of Firms |
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Wed |
3-Oct |
Oligopoly (V) |
Ch 11.3 |
Mergers |
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Fri |
5-Oct |
Collusion (I) |
Ch 6 |
price wars |
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Week V |
Mon |
8-Oct |
Collusion (II) |
Ch 6 |
Stability: noise, multiproduct overlap |
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Wed |
10-Oct |
Paper Discussion |
Chen & Shieh (2016). “Does Exclusive Dealing Matter? …” JIndustEcon 64:3, 411-435. in EconLit |
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Fri |
12-Oct |
no class |
reading day |
Reading days |
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Week VI |
Mon |
15-Oct |
Dominant Firms |
Ch 7 |
Don’t swat at gnats?! |
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Wed |
17-Oct |
Predation |
Ch 7 |
a simple game |
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Fri |
19-Oct |
Deterrence |
Ch 7 |
Limit Pricing |
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Week VII |
Mon |
22-Oct |
Price Disrimination (I) |
Ch 8 |
basic characterization
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Wed |
24-Oct |
Price Discrimination (II) |
Ch 8 |
Example: 2-part tariffs, price-time profiles |
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Fri |
26-Oct |
Price Discrimination (III) |
Ch 8 and handout Bundling models |
Bundling |
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Week VIII |
Mon |
29-Oct |
Discussion of Beer Papers |
Metrics: C4, H |
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Wed |
31-Oct |
Advertising |
Ch 13 |
informative or persuasive? |
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Fri |
2-Nov |
Franchising |
Ch 10.5, Ch 12.2 |
double marginalization |
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Week IX |
Mon |
5-Nov |
Franchising |
Dicke reading |
Tesla as a counterexample |
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Wed |
7-Nov |
Governance |
Ch 10.4 |
Berle-Means |
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Fri |
9-Nov |
Geography: Location and Industry Structure |
powerpoint for part |
11.09 notes |
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Week X |
Mon |
12-Nov |
Technology: Push vs Pull |
Data from an Innovation Competition |
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Wed |
14-Nov |
Innovation (I) |
Ch 14 |
what is technology? science, invention, |
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Fri |
16-Nov |
Innovation (II) |
Ch 14.3 |
diffusion and spillovers |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week XI |
Mon |
26-Nov |
Innovation (III) |
Ch 15.6 |
© patents ™® |
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Wed |
28-Nov |
Innovation (IV) |
Ch 9.3 |
Networks & Standards |
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Fri |
30-Nov |
Innovation (V) |
games: first mover? |
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Week XII |
Mon |
3-Dec |
Innovation (VI) |
handouts |
Gentex case study |
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Wed |
5-Dec |
Innovation (VII) |
IPR: Netflix and Disney |
class discussion / handouts |
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Fri |
7-Dec |
Course conclusion |
Technology Policy |
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Final Exams 8 December – 14 December |
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