Type of Credit: Elective
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Number of Students
能力項目說明
The goal of this course is to equip students with knowledge of modern industrial organization and help students start their own research agendas.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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週次 |
課程內容與指定閱讀 |
教學活動與課前、課後作業 |
學生學習投入時間 （含課堂教學時數） |
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Week 1 2/17 |
Market Structure and Market Power, Technology, Ch. 3-4 |
Harberger (1954). |
9 hours |
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Week 2 2/24 |
Linear Pricing, Ch. 5 |
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6 hours |
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Week 3 3/3 |
Non-linear Pricing, Ch. 6 |
Oi (1971). |
9 hours |
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Week 4 3/10 |
Horizontal and Vertical Product Differentiation, Ch. 7 |
Stavins, J. (2001) |
9 hours |
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Week 5 3/17 |
Bundling and Tie-in, Ch. 8 | 9 hours | |
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Week 6 3/24 |
Cournot and Bertrand Competition, Ch. 9-10 |
Hastings, J (2004) |
6 hours |
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Week 7 3/31 |
Spring Break | 6 hours | |
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Week 8 4/7 |
Dynamic Games, Ch. 11 |
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6 hours |
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Week 9 4/14 |
IN-CLASS MIDTERM EXAM |
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12 hours |
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Week 10 4/21 |
Limit Pricing and Entry Deterrence, Ch. 12 |
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6hours |
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Week 11 4/28 |
Predatory Conduct, Ch. 13 |
Weiman and Levin (1994) |
6 hours |
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Week 12 5/5 |
Price-Fixing and Repeated Games, Ch. 14 |
Morton (2000) |
6 hours |
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Week 13 5/12 |
Horizontal Mergers, Ch. 16 |
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6 hours |
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Week 14 5/19 |
recess |
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0 hours |
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Week 15 5/26 |
Vertical and Conglomerate Mergers, Ch. 17 | Wen et. al (2016) |
9 hours |
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Week 16 6/2 |
Vertical Restraint, Ch. 18 |
周振鋒 (2011) |
6 hours |
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Week 17 6/9 |
Advertising, Ch. 20-21 |
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6 hours |
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Week 18 6/16 |
IN-CLASS FINAL EXAM |
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12 hours |
Class presentations, a midterm and a final examination. Your grade will be based on in-class presentations (20%), a midterm exam (40%) and a final exam (40%).
Text:
Pepall Richards and Norman. "Industrial Organization: Cntemporary Theory and Empirical Applications" 4th edition Blackwell 2008.
Readings:
Harberger, A. C. (1954). “Monopoly and Resource Allocation.” American Economic Review 45. pp. 77-87.
Oi, W. J. (1971). “A Disneyland Dilemma: Two-part Tariffs for a Mickey Mouse Monopoly.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 85(1), pp. 77-96.
Stavins, J. (2001). “Price Discrimination in the Airline Market: The Effect of Market Concentration.” Review of Economics and Statistics 83. pp. 200-202.
Hastings, J. (2004). “Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Empirical Evidence from Contract Changes in Southern California.” American Economic Review 94. pp. 317-328.
Chen, Y. (2001). “On Vertical Mergers and Their Competitive Effects.” Rand Journal of Economics 32. pp. 667-685.
周振鋒 (2011). 「美國法對轉售價格維持的新發展－兼論公平交易法第18條的妥適性」，《公平交易季刊》，19(1)，119-154。