Measuring Market Power

Undergraduate

Theory and methods of Empirical Industrial Organization (IO), with applications to industry data. Students learn the econometric tools used by IO economists to estimate models of demand, pricing, and competition, and apply them to real data in several hands-on assignments. Topics include demand systems, monopoly and oligopoly pricing, merger analysis, productivity, and entry games. Required: ECON 1115 or ECON 1110 and ECON 1117 . Students would also benefit from having taken ECON 4409 , or taking it simultaneously with this course. SO HTBA