Econ 8602-Industrial Organization

Dept. of Economics

University of Minnesota

Spring 2023

 

·        Lecture 1:3/16/2023: Introductory Models Dynamic Duopoly

·        Lecture 2: 3/23/2023: Dynamic and Stochastic Models of Industry

o   Single Agent  

o   Multi Agent

·        Lecture 3b: 3/30/2023: Second Application of MPE, Nakaruma and Zerom, Restud (2010) “Accounting for Incomplete Pass-Through”  slides

·        Lecture 3b: 3/30/2023: First Application of MPE Igami and  Uetake Restud (2020)  slides (part1, part2, part3)

·        Lecture 4a:  4/6/2023 slides/cut-outs from paper (part1 part2) Gregory S. Crawford, Robin S. Lee, Michael D. Whinston, Ali YurukogluThe Welfare Effects of Vertical Integration in Multichannel Television Markets,”,ECONOMETRICA: MAY 2018, VOLUME 86, ISSUE 3 p. 891-954

·        Lecture 4b: 4/6/2023 Nevo, A., Turner, J. L. and Williams, J. W. (2016), Usage-Based Pricing and Demand for Residential Broadband, ECONOMETRICA: MAR, 2016, VOLUME 84, ISSUE 2. slides

·        Lecture 5

o   De Loecker Eeckhout and Unger (2020), The Rise of Market Power and Macroeconomic Implications,” QJE slides1 slides2

o   Yurukoglu, Ali, Lanier Benkard and Anthony Lee Zhang (2021), Concentration in Product Markets, slides

o   Grieco, Murry, and Yurukoglu, “The Evolution of Market Power in the US Automobile Industry, slides

·        Lecture 6: Productivity, Size Distribution and the Environment

o   Size Distribution Literature slides

o   Shapiro and Walker, 2018 AER (Why is Pollution from US Manufacturing Declining?”) slides1

o   Gowrisankara, Langer, and Zhang (January 2023), Policy Uncertainty and the in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards

o   Chen, Chen, Liu,  Suarez Serrato, and Xu, (Oct 2021), Regulating conglomerates in China: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program