20452 - INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION ANALYSIS
EMIT
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
The course focuses on firm behavior in imperfectly competitive markets. Its objective is to provide the theoretical and applied tools to understand business strategies and to carry out industry analyses. A special emphasis is placed on understanding how firms interact strategically in imperfectly competitive markets, how they compete or cooperate, and how those interactions affect market structures, firms’ profitability and social welfare. The role played by competition policies and authorities are discussed throughout the course.
- Basic tools: microeconomics and game theory.
- Monopoly and durable goods.
- Price discrimination.
- Basic oligopoly models.
- Dynamic competition and collusion.
- Entry and entry deterrence.
- Mergers and acquisitions.
- Vertical relations.
For non attending students
Written exam.
For attending students