Industrial Organization

Slides

Lecture 00 : Introduction
Lecture 01 : Monopoly and price discrimination
Lecture 02 : Oligopoly
Lecture 03 : Collusion
Lecture 04 : Product Differentiation
Lecture 05 : Advertising
Lecture 06 : Market structure and market power
Lecture 07 : Strategic behavior, entry, exit
Lecture 08 : Vertical relations
Lecture 09 : Innovation and intellectual property
Lecture 10: Network Industries


Slides of previous edition
http://ses-perso.telecom-paristech.fr/bourreau/ecoindus.html

Texbook

Tirole, 1988, The Theory of Industrial Organization, MITPress

Additional references will be provided based on the content covered during the lectures.

Additional Readings

Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion
Demo of Q-Learning in Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma


General Infromation

Written exam:
10% Midterm at half of the course,
90% Final exam.

Mock exam 2024
Midterm 2025

Exercises

Exercise Sheet 1
Exercise Sheet 2
Exercise Sheet 3
Exercise Sheet 4
Exercise Sheet 5
Exercise Sheet 6