ECON3157 Industrial Organisation(H)
Later Year Course
| Offered By | School of Economics |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Undergraduate |
| Course Subject | Economics |
| Offered in | Second Semester, 2010 and Second Semester, 2011 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description | Industrial Organisation as a field revolves around the structure and behaviour of firms. But it includes a couple of perspectives on that: the participants' views (which focus on business strategy) and outsiders' views: economists, consumers, policy-makers and regulators (who might all be concerned more with general welfare issues.) In this course we shall rely on the tools of game theory to stress the strategic aspect of firms' interactions and internal organisations. So we look at various theories about the organisation of firms and industries. Attention is focused on the determinants of the various organisational forms and the strategic behaviour encountered within them. Topics include price discrimination, product differentiation, adverse selection, moral hazard, market structure determinants, and the internal organisation of firms |
| Indicative Assessment | A final examination, a midterm test and a number of Problem Sets. |
| Workload | Lectures and tutorials as for the pass course together with additional work. |
| Areas of Interest | Economics |
| Requisite Statement | Completion of or concurrent enrolment in ECON2014 Managerial Economics or ECON2101/ECON2111 Microeconomics 2 (P or H). |
| Prescribed Texts | See Course Website |
| Other Information | See Course Website |
| Academic Contact | School of Economics |
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