Fortgeschrittene Industrieökonomie HS12

Course Material

The course will be a reduced version of a master course on "Industrial Economics" that Professor Schmutzler has recently taught at the University of Zurich. Teaching material (slides and problem sets) can be found here. However, only about 50% of the material will be covered.

Schedule

Lecture Dates: TBA
Day & Time: TBA
Room:
- usually: WWZ-Seminarraum S14

Literature

• Chapter 1:
  - Shapiro, Carl. 1989. "Chapter 6: Theories of Oligopoly Behavior." In: Handbook of Industrial Organization, ed. Richard Schmalensee and Robert D. Willig, 329-414. Amsterdam: North Holland. Main Chapter: Static Oligopoly Theory (330-352)

• Chapter 2:
  - Farrell, Joseph and Carl Shapiro. 1990. "Horizontal Mergers: An Equilibrium Analysis." The American Economic Review, 80(1):107-126.
  - Farrell, Joseph and Carl Shapiro. 2001. "Scale Economies and Synergies in Horizontal Merger Analysis." Antitrust Law Journal, 68(3):685-711.

• Chapter 3:
  - Shapiro, Carl. 1989. "Chapter 6: Theories of Oligopoly Behavior. " In: Handbook of Industrial Organization, ed. Richard Schmalensee and Robert D. Willig, 329-414. Amsterdam: North Holland. Main Chapter: Two-stage Competition (381-396).
  - Schmutzler, Armin. 2007. "The Relation between Competition and Investment -- Why is it such a Mess?" Mimeo, University of Zurich..

• Chapter 4:
  - Armstrong, Mark and David E. Sappington. 2007. "Chapter 1: Recent Developments in the Theory of Regulation." in: Handbook of Industrial Organization, ed. Mark Armstrong and Robert H. Porter. Amsterdam: North Holland.