Teaching

Syllabus with reading list 

1. Lecture 1: Consumer theory: slides 

2. Lecture 2:

3. Lecture 3: Some mathematical toolkits for IO: slides 

4. Lecture 4:

5. Lecture 5:

6. Lecture 6:

7. Lecture 7:

8. Lecture 8:

9. Lecture 9:

10. Lecture 10:

11. Lecture 11:

12. Lecture 12:

13. Lecture 13

Syllabus 

1. Lecture 1: Consumer theory: slides 

2. Lecture 2: Monopoly pricing: slides 

3. Lecture 3: Some mathematical toolkits for IO: slides 

4. Lecture 4: Bertrand: slides 

5. Lecture 5: Cournot

6. Lecture 6: Differentiated-good price competition

7. Lecture 7: Network effects

8. Lecture 8: Two-sided platforms

9. Lecture 9: Transaction platforms

10. Lecture 10: Platform design

11. Lecture 11: Platform competition

12. Lecture 12: Platform regulation

13. Lecture 13: (Spared slot)

Syllabus and reading list 

Course description 

Course materials:

1. Consumer theory 

2. Single-product monopoly 

3. Multiproduct monopoly 

4. Game theory tools 

5. Bertrand and Cournot 

6. Differentiated-product oligopoly 

7. Network effects 

8. Monopoly platform 1 

9. Monopoly platform 2 

10. Platform competition 1 

Course materials:

Day 1:

• Course description and introduction [slides]

• Monopoly pricing [slides]

• Price competition [slides]

• Cournot competition and market structure [slides]

Day 2:

• Network effects [slides]

• Two-sided markets [slides]

• Ad-sponsored platforms [slides]

• Payment networks [slides]

Day3:

• Policy issues [slides]

• Vertical relation [slides]

• Agency model [slides]

• Price coherence [slides]

Day4:

• Marketplace or reseller [slides]

• Dual-role platforms

• Self-preferencing

Syllabus with reading list 

Slides

• Lecture 1: course description [slide] (last updated: 10/30)

• Lecture 1: some consumer theory [slide] (last updated: 11/4)

• Lecture 2: monopoly pricing [slide] (last updated: 10/30)

• Lecture 3: nonlinear pricing [slide] (last updated: 10/30)

• Lecture 4: some game theory for IO [slide] (last updated: 10/30)

• Lecture 5: price competition (1) [slide] (last updated: 10/30)

• Lecture 6: price competition (2) [slide] (last updated: 11/1)

• Lecture 7: network effects and two-sided markets [slide] (last updated: 11/1)

• Lecture 8: ad-sponsored platforms [slide] (last updated: 11/1)

• Lecture 9: vertical relation [slide] (last updated: 11/30)

• Lecture 10: transaction platforms [slide] (last updated: 12/3)

• Lecture 11: consumer search [slide] (last updated: 12/3)

Syllabus (latest version: 11/4)

Announcements:

• No lecture on 11/18.

Slides:

• Lecture 1: Course description

• Lecture 2: Monopoly pricing and product selection

• Lecture 3: Nonlinear pricing and bundling 

• Lecture 4: Statics price competition 

• Lecture 5: Some game theory for IO

• Lecture 6: Advertising and investments

• Lecture 7: Consumer search

• Lecture 8: Switching costs and tying

• Lecture 9: Network effects

• Lecture 10: Two-sided markets 1 

• Lecture 11: Two-sided markets 2

• Lecture 12: Vertical relation

• Lecture 13: Reseller versus Platform

• Lecture 13: Models of intermediary

Syllabus (latest version: 12/9)

Slides:

• Lecture 1 (11/5): Course description

• Lecture 2 (11/9): Basic demand models

• Lecture 3 (11/12): Game-theoretic tools

• Lecture 4 (11/16): Switching costs

• Lecture 5 (11/19): Network effects

• Lecture 6 (11/26): Two-sided markets 1

• Lecture 7 (11/30): Two-sided markets 2

• Lecture 8 (12/3): Vertical relation 1

• Lecture 9 (12/7): Vertical relation 2

• Lecture 10 (12/10): Consumer search 1

• Lecture 11 (12/14): Consumer search 2

• Lecture 12 (12/17): Information and intermediary

• Lecture 13 (12/21): Data and privacy