Digital Economics

Course content

This is an advanced course in applied game theory to Digital Economics. The course covers the main topics of digital economics.

Topics

• Introduction to Digital Economics

• Digital Markets

• Network Externalities

• Double-sided Networks

• Acces and Interconnection in Telecommunications

• Cumulative Innovation

Pre-requisites

Basic notions of Game Theory and Microeconomics, in particular individual decision under uncertainty.

Teaching

Lectures.

Textbook

Belleflamme Paul & Peitz Martin. "Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies", Ed. Cambridge University Press,  2015

Slides

  0. Introduction

1. Network goods

2. Platform 1

3. Platform 2

4. Pricing

5. IPR (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS)

6. Digital Goods

Homework

1. Network Externalities

   1. 2. Solutions:  Network Externalities

2. Platforms

2.1. Solutions: Platforms

3. Pricing 

mock exam