114-0504/01 – Industrial Organization (INDO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of EconomicsCredits6
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2009/2010Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
JAN27 Ing. Hana Janáčková, Ph.D.
MAH11 prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

- recognize various ways in which the firms and the markets are organized - describe the principles of imperfect competition - explain the role of incomplete and asymmetric information in a market economy - discover the importance of market regulation and industrial policy - analyze different effects of industrial policy measures

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars

Summary

The course covers all the main fields of industrial organization theory: the theory of a firm, the theory of imperfect competition, and the theory of economic regulation. The goal of the course is to get students acquainted with how firms are organized and how they compete under different market structures and constraints, including government regulation. Lectures and tutorials combine undergraduate microeconomic theory with empirical investigations of individual industries.

Compulsory literature:

1. KOUTSOYIANNIS, Anna. Modern Microeconomics. 2nd ed. Palgrave Macmillan 1979. 600 p. ISBN 978-0333253496. 2. CABRAL, Luis M. B. Introduction to Industrial Organization. 2nd ed.440 p. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press 2017. ISBN 978-0262035941. 3. CARLTON, Dennis W. and Jeffrey M. PERLOFF. Modern Industrial Organization. 4th ed. 856 p. New York, Pearson Addison Wesley 2005. ISBN 978-0321180230.

Recommended literature:

1. PEPALL, Lynne, Dan RICHARDS and George NORMAN. Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Empirical Applications. 5th ed. Wiley-Blackwell 2014. 736 p. ISBN 978-1-118-25030-3. 2. WALDMAN, Don E. and Elisabeth J. JENSEN. Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice. 4th ed. Prentice Hall 2012. 768 p. ISBN 978-0132770989. 3. SHEPHERD, William G. and Joanna M. SHEPHERD. The Economics of Industrial Organization. 5th ed. 440 p. Waveland Press 2003. ISBN 978-1577662785.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

In case of ordered distance learning due to the adverse epidemic situation, all credit tests and exams will have to be attempted online via LMS Moodle and MS Teams, while other study requirements remain unchanged.

E-learning

Other requirements

This course exam is a written one

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to industrial organization. Basic concepts: markets, competition, market power, contracts, transaction costs, oportunity costs, sunk costs. Brief history of industrial organization theory and antitrust regulation. 2. Theory of a firm. 3. Product differentation, market power and imperfect competition. 4. Monopoly, pricing, price discrimination. 5. Collusive oligopoly and the formation of cartels. 6. Non-collusive oligopoly and strategic behaviour. 7. Horizontal mergers and acquisitions. Vertical mergers. 8. Information, signalling, advertising. 9. Innovation, patents, research and development. 10. Antitrust legislation and policy. 11. Theory and practice of regulation and deregulation. 12. Macroeconomics of imperfect competition.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2009/2010 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Participation in lectures and seminars is not compulsory.

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