Handbook

The main goal of this course is to provide students with a set of tools and knowledge that would enable them to critically read recent research papers and conduct their own original research in industrial organization. In particular, we focus on investigation into how firms exercise market power in a variety of settings and how the government may curb the negative side effects through regulation. We will develop rigorous theoretical models maintaining their close connections to reality, elaborate on economic logic and intuitions behind the analyses, and discuss real-world implications. The course emphasizes the importance of a theoretical understanding of strategic behaviour as the foundation for any practical application to industry.