1. Introduction to industrial organization. Basic concepts: markets, competition, market power, contracts, transaction costs, oportunity costs, sunk costs. Brief history of industrial organization theory and antitrust regulation.
2. Theory of a firm.
3. Product differentation, market power and imperfect competition.
4. Monopoly, pricing, price discrimination.
5. Collusive oligopoly and the formation of cartels.
6. Non-collusive oligopoly and strategic behaviour.
7. Horizontal mergers and acquisitions. Vertical mergers.
8. Information, signalling, advertising.
9. Innovation, patents, research and development.
10. Antitrust legislation and policy.
11. Theory and practice of regulation and deregulation.
12. Macroeconomics of imperfect competition.
2. Theory of a firm.
3. Product differentation, market power and imperfect competition.
4. Monopoly, pricing, price discrimination.
5. Collusive oligopoly and the formation of cartels.
6. Non-collusive oligopoly and strategic behaviour.
7. Horizontal mergers and acquisitions. Vertical mergers.
8. Information, signalling, advertising.
9. Innovation, patents, research and development.
10. Antitrust legislation and policy.
11. Theory and practice of regulation and deregulation.
12. Macroeconomics of imperfect competition.