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ECON329-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010
Industrial Organisation

15 points, 0.1250 EFTS
22 Feb 2010 - 27 Jun 2010 		↓Other occurrences

Description

Imperfectly competitive markets and behaviour of firms. Monopoly models: standard, dominant firm, durable good, natural monopoly, perfectly contestable markets, price discrimination. Oligopoly models: Cournot, Bertrand, product differentiation. Measuring market power, competition policy.

Learning Outcomes

The first objective is to increase the student's knowledge and understanding of the field of industrial organization.  The second objective is to enhance the student's general skills in economics and problem solving.  The third objective is to familiarize the student with policy applications of industrial organization, such as competition policy in general and the Commerce Act in particular.

Pre-requisites

Timetable

Lectures
Streams Day Time Where
Stream A Monday 2:00pm-4:00pm Commerce 002 Lecture Theatre

Tutorials
Streams Day Time Where
Stream A Tuesday 1:00pm-2:00pm Commerce 536
Stream B Tuesday 2:00pm-3:00pm Commerce 536

Course Coordinator

Laura Meriluoto

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Term Paper 20%
Final Exam 50%
Mid-Term test 30%


If you do better in the final than in the term test, the weight of the term test will be reduced to 20% and the weight of the final exam will be increased to 60%.  No substitutions of weights are allowed between the term paper and other pieces of assessment.

Examination and Formal Tests

Exam Tuesday 15 Jun 2010 2:30pm-5:30pm  
Test Thursday 29 Apr 2010 5:00pm-7:00pm C3 Lecture Theatre

Textbooks

There are no required texts.  You will likely find Church & Ware the most useful reference.  It is available on-line (Learn has a link to it).  There should also be some hard copies available in the bookstore and in the restricted loans library.

Church, J. & Ware, R.  Industrial Organization:  A Strategic Approach.  McGraw Hill, 2000.

The following books are also useful references, and can be found in the restricted loans:

Carlton, D>W. and Perloff, J.M.  Modern Industrial Organization.  4th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2005.

Pepall, L., Richards, D.J. & Norman, G.  Industrial Organization:  Contemporary Theory & Practice.  3rd edition, Thompson/South-Western, 2005.

Fees

Domestic fee $593.00
International fee $2,538.00


For further information see Department of Economics and Finance.

All ECON329 Occurrences

  • ECON329-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010
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