Economics 180.672: Industrial Organization

Announcements

  • Class meetings will not be held on Mondays March 31, April 7, and April 28. Instead, two makeup classes will be held, on Friday April 11 (10am-1pm) and Friday April 25 (10am-1pm). Both makeup classes are in Merg 426.

    • Syllabus

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    Lecture notes and handouts

    Estimating demand in discrete-choice differentiated product markets Notes Tables
    Single-agent dynamic models Notes Tables
    Entry and static discrete games PDF Bresnahan-Reiss paper Berry paper
    Dynamic oligopoly PDF Esteban-Shum paper
    Auction models Notes Tables
    Intro: IV and natural experiments PDF
    Program evaluation approach to demand analysis PDF
    Collusion PDF
    Pakes' patent model PDF

    Problem Sets

    Problem set: BLP methodology PDF
    Problem set: Simulation PDF
    Problem set: Single-agent dynamic discrete-choice PDF
    Problem set: IV and natural experiments PDF
    Problem set: entry and simulation PDF dataset
    Problem set: dynamic programming PDF

    Writing Assignments

    Outline of discussant's report PDF
    Write the mystery paper PDF
    Outline of progress report PDF
    Outline of progress report B: Institutions PDF
    Outline of progress report C: Data PDF

    Study Questions

    Empirical project: Entry PDF
    Collusion study questions PDF
    Entry study questions PDF
    Advertising study questions PDF
    Innovation study questions PDF
    Study questions for dynamic models: Pakes (1986) and Rust (1987) PDF
    Study questions for auction papers PDF
    Study questions for regulation papers PDF