Industrial Economics

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Teaching results

Completing the subject student will deepen knowledge about microeconomics with respect to markets and firm strategies in imperfect competition.
The student will understand theoretical models reflecting different market structures and other market characteristics. She/he will know theoretical origins and ways of sustaining and enforcing market power. The student will understand the consequences of market power existence.
Applying theoretical knowledge on seminars through empirical examples and using a real data student will deepen analytical capacities. The student will gain analytical skills directly from working in statistical software Stata and R. She/he will form research question and a set of hypotheses based on theoretical knowledge and empirically test them using micro-data and advanced econometrics.

Indicative content

1. Strategic interactions and game theory
2. Decisions with strategic substitutes
3. Decisions with strategic complements
4. Strategic decisions in a dynamic environment
5. Leader-follower model
6. Dynamic models of price competition
7. Origin of market power
8. Vertical differentiation
9. Horizontal product differentiation
10. Market entry and exit
11. Entry in case of product differentiation
12. Application of entry models

Support literature

Belleflamme, Paul, and Martin Peitz. Industrial organization: markets and strategies. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Pepall, Lynne, Dan Richards, and George Norman. Industrial organization: Contemporary theory and empirical applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
Motta, Massimo. Competition policy: theory and practice. Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Requirements to complete the course

Evaluation during the semester and homework 40 %
Final exam 60 %

Student workload

Total study load 156 hours
Lectures 26 hours
Seminars 26 hours
Preparing for seminars and seminar homework 26 hours
Preparing for evaluations during the semester 26 hours
Final exam preparation 52 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak language

Date of approval: 10.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 03.01.2022