General information

Prerequisites and organization

Since this is a graduate course jointly offered with the PhD in Economics at the University of Bologna, students are expected to command the basics of game theory. A very good knowledge at the level of Micro 1 and Micro 2 LMEC is required.

At each lecture there will presentation of the instructors and also of the students, according to an agreed calendar.

Teaching material

All material will be available on this site. All posted documents and links are part of mandatory reading.

Reference books

  • The Theory of Industrial Organization (1988). Jean Tirole. MIT Press.
  • Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies (2010). Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz. Cambridge University Press.

A free and usueful book is also Industrial Organization. A Strategic Approach (2000). Church Jeffrey and Roger Ware. McGraw-Hill. Available freely online at http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~jrchurch/page4/page4.html.

Students presentations

Students' presentations will take place on TBA. Each slot is of 30 mins. Write to Calzolari for your preferred slot and paper (see the list on the page with the list of papers), fist come first served. Presentations must be sent to Calzolari in pdf format, the same day of the presentation.

Assessment