14.20 Class Home

14.20 Indust Org & Competitive Strat

Spring 2013

Instructor: Nancy L Rose

TAs: Gaston Illanes, David Liu, Sarah N Moshary

Lecture: MW1-2.30 (E51-395)
Recitation: F 1 - 2 p.m. (E51-395)

Information:

14.20 analyzes the acquisition and use of market power by firms, strategic interactions among firms, and the role of government competition policy. We will approach this subject from both theoretical and applied perspectives; in addition to assigned course readings, regular reading of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, or Economist is strongly encouraged.

This class is highly participatory. Class attendance and engagement in discussions of application readings is required. Student teams are responsible for managing entry, capacity, and pricing decisions of their "firm" as part of a semester-long Competitive Strategy Game. Problem sets and exams round out course requirements.

By the end of this course, you will be well-positioned to apply economic models and tools to analyze and understand the strategic behavior of firms across a wide variety of markets and decisions. You will have considerable experience framing these insights and communicating them in both small group (team) and large, whole class settings.

OCW archive available

Announcements

Problem set 5 pickup

Problem set 5 solutions are up, and you can pick up your graded problem sets at your convenience from my folder on the third floor of E52.

Best
David

Announced on 16 May 2013 6:44 p.m. by David Liu

Final Exam Review Session

Hi everyone,

I'm planning to hold an exam review session for Friday 17 at the regular recitation time in the regular classroom. I can go over an outline of the material that we have covered, solve exercises, go over particular topics you found difficult, or anything else that you'd find useful.

If you plan on coming to the review session and have strong feelings about what I should cover, shoot me an email or let me know when you see me.

See you tomorrow,

Gaston

Announced on 05 May 2013 5:24 p.m. by Gaston Illanes

CSG Complete

Hi Everyone,

We flipped a coin and decided that the CSG ends in period 13. The final period is now completed, and you can see your final results if you log into the website.

There will be no period 14.

Best

David

Announced on 01 May 2013 8:21 p.m. by David Liu

Problem set 4 solutions are up

If you haven't picked up your problem sets, you can find them in my folder on the 3rd floor of E52.

Best
David

Announced on 01 May 2013 12:28 a.m. by David Liu

Problem Set 5

I've posted a revision to Problem Set 5 to improve clarity in a couple of the questions and simplify problem 3. The demand functions in problem 3 have changed; if you've already solved the original problem, just write "original" on your pset and turn that in. Otherwise, please use the version posted tonight. Thanks!

NLR

Announced on 30 April 2013 9:41 p.m. by Nancy L Rose

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