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Industrial Organization

Unterricht

Details

Fakultät	Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Bereich	Volkswirtschaftslehre
Code	UE-EEP.00323
Sprachen	Englisch
Art der Unterrichtseinheit	Vorlesung
Kursus	Master
Semester	SP-2021

Zeitplan und Räume

Vorlesungszeiten	Mittwoch 12:15 - 16:00, Wöchentlich (Frühlingssemester)
Stunden pro Woche	3

Unterricht

Dozenten-innen	Herz Holger
Assistenten	Zihlmann Christian
Beschreibung	This course is concerned with the strategic decisions taken by firms in markets, in particular when they have market power. First, we will try to understand what market power is and how firms behave in markets. To do so, the course will introduce the classical models of imperfect competition in markets. In the second part, we will investigate cartels, tacit collusion, and its consequences on welfare and anti-trust policies. One important aspect of anti-trust policy is mergers. Mergers between direct competitors are known as horizontal mergers. We try to understand if and when such mergers are profitable and welfare-enhancing. In the third part, we will investigate how a firm can be a natural monopolist, without fearing entry, and how incumbent firms may behave strategically to make entry for new firms harder, or even unprofitable. In the fourth part of the lecture, we analyse firms with vertical supply chains. Could upstream firms deny competitors access to distribution and supply channels? Lastly, we study applications of behavioral economics on industrial organization and regulatory issues. Here, we discuss potential regulations to protect customers if customers suffer from behavioral biases. Homepage Moodle Link
Lernziele	This course provides an introduction to Industrial Organization. The course will be relatively formal and requires knowledge of microeconomics at least at the level of microeconomics 1 and 2 at the Bachelor level.
Soft Skills	Ja
Plätze softskills	5
ausserhalb des Bereichs	Nein
BeNeFri	Ja
Mobilität	Ja
UniPop	Nein

Dokument

Bibliographie

Belleflamme and Peitz (2015), Industrial Organization
Markets and Strategies, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press

Einzeltermine und Räume

"This course gives 4.5 ECTS and therefore, 3 hours per week are alloted. We will have lectures from 12.15-13.45 and 14.00-15.30, yielding 4 hours per week. Consequently, in order to compensate for that, the course will not take place in 4 weeks out of the 14 weeks. The detailed schedule is announced on the first day of the course taking place in the first week of the semester."

Datum	Zeit	Art der Unterrichtseinheit	Ort
24.02.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
03.03.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
10.03.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
17.03.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
24.03.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
31.03.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
14.04.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
21.04.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
28.04.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
05.05.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
12.05.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
19.05.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
26.05.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120
02.06.2021	12:15 - 16:00	Kurs	PER 21, Raum G120

Leistungskontrolle

Schriftliche Prüfung - SP-2021, Sommersession 2021

Datum

09.06.2021 14:00 - 15:00

Bewertungsmodus

Nach Note

Beschreibung

Examination time: 90 Min.

UPDATE 26.05.2021: Examination time 60 minutes (online exam)

Schriftliche Prüfung - SP-2021, Wiederholungssession 2021