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ECON 570

Strategic Behavior of the Firm

3 units

Fall 2026

Readings

  • The Theory of Industrial Organization (tenth Edition), by Jean Tirole, the MIT Press, 1998
    recommended
  • Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Practice (Third Edition), by Line Pepall, Daniel Richards and George Norman, South-Western College Publishing, 2005
    recommended
  • Industrial Organization, Theory and Applications, by Oz Shy, the MIT Press, 1996
    recommended
  • Introduction to Industrial Organization, by Luís Cabral, the MIT Press 2000
    recommended
  • The Structure of American Industry, by Walter Adams and James Brock, Prentice Hall, 2016
    recommended
  • Economics, Organization and Management, by Paul Milgrom and John Roberts, Prentice Hall, 1992
    recommended
  • Volumes 1 and 2 (1989), ed. R. Schmalensee and R. Willig. Volume 3 (2007), ed. M. Armstrong and R. Porter. Volumes 4 and 5 (2021), ed. K. Ho, A. Hortaçsu, and A. Lizzeri
    recommended
  • – Kreps, D. and J. Scheinkman (1983) “Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Compe- tition Yield Cournot Outcomes,” Bell Journal of Economics, 14:325-337. – Slade, M. (1995) “Empirical Games: The Oligopoly Case,” Canadian Journal of Eco- nomics, 28:368-402
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  • Pepall, Richards and Norman –Chapters 7, 20 and 21
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  • – Eaton, B. and R. Lipsey (1989) “Production Di¤erentiation,” Handbook of Industrial
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  • Organization, Volume 1, ed. Schmalensee and R. Willig. Amsterdam (North Holland), 723-768. – Bester H. (1998), “Quality uncertainty mitigates product di¤erentiation”, RAND Jour- nal of Economics, 29, 4, pp. 828-844. – van Dijk T. (1996) “Patent Height and Competition in Product Improvements”, The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. XLIV, 2, 151-167
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  • Pepall, Richards and Norman –Chapters 11 and 12
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  • – Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole (1984) “The Fact Cat E¤ect, The Puppy Dog Ploy and the Lean and Hungry Look,” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 74:361
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  • Pepall, Richards and Norman –Chapter 22
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  • – Langinier and Moschini (2002) “The Economics of Patents: An Overview” in “Intellec- tual Property Rights and Patenting in Animal Breeding and Genetics,” edited by Scott Newman and Max Rothschild
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Fall 2022

Readings

  • Tirole, J. (1988): The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press
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  • Bresnahan, T. and P. Reiss (1991): “Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets,” Journal of Political Economy, 99: 977-1009
    recommended
  • Kreps, D. and J. Scheinkman (1983): “Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes,” Bell Journal of Economics 14: 326-337
    recommended
  • Davis, P. (2006): “Measuring the Business Stealing, Cannibalization and Market Expansion Effects of Entry in the U.S. Motion Picture Exhibition Market,” Journal of Industrial Economics, 54: 293-321
    recommended
  • Seim, K. and J. Waldfogel (2013): "Public Monopoly and Economic Efficiency: Evidence from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's Entry Decisions," American Economic Review, 103 (2): 831-62
    recommended
  • Fudenberg, D. and J. Tirole (1984): “The Fat Cat Effect, the Puppy Dog Ploy and the Lean and Hungry Look,” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 74: 361
    recommended
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