Degree | Type | Year |
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2501572 Business Administration and Management | OT | 4 |
2501573 Economics | OT | 3 |
2501573 Economics | OT | 4 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 3 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 |
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SYLLABUS
I. INTRODUCTION
Delimitation of the subject. Examples of industrial organization issues.
II. PERFECT COMPETITION vs. MONOPOLY (Review of Microeconomics II)
II.1 Perfect competition
Short-run analysis vs. Long-run analysis
II.2 Non-discriminating monopoly
Single-product monopoly. General loss of welfare. Regulation.
III. EXTENSIONS OF THE MONOPOLY MODEL
III.1 Multi-product monopolist with interdependent demands
III.2 Price discrimination
Perfect price discrimination, 3rd degree price discrimination (independent demands), 2nd degree price discrimination: two-part tariffs
III. MARKET POWER
Concept. Consequences. Arguments for and against concentration. Concentration measures. The relationship between concentración measures and the profits in the industry.
IV. OLIGOPOLY WITH HOMOGENEOUS PRODUCT
IV.1 Competition in quantities
Cournot, Stackelberg, Cartel
IV.2 Price competition
The Bertrand's Paradox, the repeated Bertrand game and tacit collusion
V. PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
V.1 Horizontal Differentiation (Hotelling)
Fixed prices. Variable prices. Location choice.
V.2 Search and replacement costs.
V. CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
Efficient and random rationing rules. Capacity choice. Equivalence with Cournot.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Practicum | 17 | 0.68 | 3, 1, 15, 13, 20, 18, 21, 23, 30 |
Theory lectures | 32.5 | 1.3 | 3, 9, 1, 15, 16, 17, 11, 21, 23, 30 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Office hours | 5 | 0.2 | 3, 1, 15, 16, 17, 11, 21, 23, 30 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Study, problem sets and readings | 90.5 | 3.62 | 3, 9, 15, 16, 17, 13, 20, 11, 21, 23, 30 |
Teaching will be offered on campus.
The proposed teaching methodology may undergo some modifications according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final exam | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 1, 12, 13, 29, 15, 16, 17, 14, 19, 20, 11, 18, 21, 23, 22, 10, 30, 32, 7, 8 |
Midterm | 30% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 3, 9, 1, 15, 16, 17, 13, 20, 11, 18, 21, 23, 30 |
Other ongoing tests | 20% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 28, 3, 9, 1, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 18, 21, 27, 26, 25, 24, 22, 10, 33, 30, 31 |
Evaluation process
1. Continuous Evaluation
The evaluation of the course will consist of a written midterm, non-liberatory, with a weight of 30%; a written final exam, with a weight of 50%; and other non-liberatory (graded exercises solved in class or presentations in class by students), with a weight of 20%. This last evaluation item nay include class attendance.The final exam will include all topics in the syllabus, including the problem sets.
A student is considered to be "No evaluable" if she/he has not participated in any of the evaluation activities. Therefore, it is considered that a student who has participated in at least one evaluation activity will no longer be eligible for the grade "No evaluable".
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.
The date of the final exam is scheduled in the assessment calendar of the Faculty.
"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 264. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB).
Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule: e-Formulari per a la reprogramació de proves.
Grade revision process
After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
"To be eligible to participate in the retake process, it is required for students to have been previously been evaluated for at least two thirds of the total evaluation activities of the subject." Section 2 of Article 261. The recovery (UAB Academic Regulations). Additionally, it is required that the student to have achieved an average grade of the subject greater than or equal to 3.5 and less than 5.
The date of the retake exam will be posted in the calendar of evaluation activities of the Faculty.
The grading of the retake examination will be qualitative, with two possible options: “pass” or “fail”. If the grade is “pass”, the numerical grade will be of 5 for the course. If the grade is “fail”, the student will not pass the course and the final grade will be the existing one prior to the retake examination.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 11 of Article 266. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).
2. Comprehensive evaluation:
By requesting the comprehensive evaluation the student waives the option of continuous evaluation.
The comprehensive evaluation must be requested at the Academic Management (Gestió acadèmica) of the Campus where the degree/master's degree is taught. The request must be filed according to the procedure and the deadline established by the administrative calendar of the Faculty of Economics and Business.
Attendance :
The following information referring to the characteristics of the comprehensive assessment must be included. We suggest incorporating the following table:
Evidence Type (1) |
Weight in the final assessment (%) (2) |
Duration of the activity |
Is the activity that corresponds to this evaluation evidence to be carried out in person on the date scheduled for the comprehensive evaluation? (YES/NO) (3) |
EXAM |
100% |
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TOTAL |
100% |
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(1) Descriptive title of each piece of evidence (exam, problem sets solving, case analysis, activity carried out using specific software that the student is expected to know,...)
(2) Weight of the evidence in the final mark of the subject (specify the percentages of each evaluation evidence that the student must undertake)
(3) For each piece of evidence: Is the activity that corresponds to this evaluation evidence to be carried out in person on the date scheduled for the comprehensive evaluation? (YES/NO)
2.2 RETAKE PROCEDURE :
For the retake procedure, no distinction is made between students who have followed the continuous evaluation and those who have opted for the comprehensive evaluation. All will be re-assessed using the same test or evaluation evidence.
2.3 REVIEW OF THE FINAL QUALIFICATION:
The review of the final qualification will follow the same procedure as for the continuous evaluation.
The fundamental books to follow the course are:
- Luís Cabral, Industrial Economics, McGraw Hill, 1997.
- Jean Tirole, Theory of the Industrial Organization, Ed. Ariel, 1990.
- Xavier Martínez-Giralt (MG), Indrustrial Organization: Strategic Behavior and Competition, Publications Service of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2006.
The following are also useful:
- Hal R. Varian (Varian I), Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, ed. Antoni Bosch, any edition.
- Hal R. Varian (Varian II), Microeconomic Analysis, 2nd. Extended edition, Ed. Antoni Bosch, 1986. (Although there are later editions, the references of the syllabus are to this edition of 1986.)
If you want to delve into one of the topics covered (optional), the following book is recommended
- L. Cabral, Readings in Industrial Organization, Blackwell 2000.
There is no need of any special software.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 4 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 4 | English | second semester | morning-mixed |