Dr Pasquale Schiraldi SAL.4.22 and Prof Martin Pesendorfer SAL.4.19

This course is available on the MRes/PhD in Economics and MRes/PhD in Economics and Management. This course is not available as an outside option.

The main goal is to familiarize students with selected theoretical and empirical topics in industrial organization and to put students in a position to do their own research.

Classical IO theory, well established empirical techniques including estimation of demand, production and models of strategic interaction and topics at the forefront of current IO research will be covered.

Additional topics are explored in Economics of Industry for Research Students II in the Winter Term. The two half unit courses are designed to complement each other.

30 hours of lectures in the AT. 

This course is delivered through lectures totalling a minimum of 30 hours in Autumn Term.  Attendance is compulsory.

Students will discuss papers in lectures.

Readings will be mainly from journal articles; a list will be supplied at the start of term.

Problem sets (100%) in the AT.

4 take home problem sets in AT Each problem set will carry equal weight. Problem set questions may include an empirical exercise analysing data, a computation exercise, solving an analytical problem or evaluating a recent unpublished working paper.