Course: Industrial Organisation 2 (5203-271)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwalbe (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture

In-Class Hours Per Week:

2

Contents:

The lecture covers different aspects of oligopolistic market structures such as research and development, patent races and horizontal and vertical mergers. Furthermore, vertical restrictions such as price fixing or market closure are analysed and newer developments of industrial economics, e.g. network effects and two-sided markets are discussed.

Literature:

Pepall, Lynne / Richards, Daniel J. / Norman, George: Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Practice, Blackwell, 2008.
Additional literature will be announced in the lecture.

Location:

Hohenheim

Module:

• 5203-270 Advanced Module Industrial Organization (compulsory)