ECON 7237 - Industrial Organisation PG

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2015

This course in applied microeconomics is concerned with the behaviour and performance of firms in markets, with a focus on strategic interactions. It goes beyond the perfectly competitive model by considering the nature of firms? market power and how it affects their behaviour and subsequently consumers? welfare and policy-makers. Topics covered may include theories of monopoly, price discrimination, oligopoly, auctions, vertical and horizontal integration, economies of scale and scope, advertising, and regulation. Case studies related to these topics will be presented and discussed in the weekly seminars.

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Course Details

Course Code	ECON 7237
Course	Industrial Organisation PG
Coordinating Unit	Economics
Term	Semester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assumed Knowledge	ECON 7011
Assessment	Typically a project, assignments, mid-semester test & final exam

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Paul Pezanis-Christou

Associate-Professor Paul Pezanis-Christou

Office location: Nexus 10, Level 4, Room 4.09
Telephone: 8313 4928

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1	Understand how price and non-price competition among firms affect economic welfare
2	Understand how market structure affects firm behaviour and vice versa
3	Analyse and evaluate models of monopoly, oligopoly and competitive markets
4	Understand basic antitrust and regulatory policy issues

最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Knowledge and understanding of the content and techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels that are internationally recognised.	1-4
The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner.	2-4
An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future problems.	3, 4
Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication.	2, 4
A commitment to continuous learning and the capacity to maintain intellectual curiosity throughout life.	2, 4

Learning & Teaching Modes

LECTURES: The purpose of the lectures is to provide a logical structure for the topics that make up the course, to emphasize the important concepts and methods of each topic, and to provide relevant examples to which the concepts and methods are applied.

WORKSHOPS: The purpose of the workshops is to apply the concepts presented in the lectures to the analysis of real world cases.

TUTORIALS: The purpose of the tutorial meetings is primarily to provide an opportunity for small group discussion of the economic concepts and methods, and to use those concepts and methods to understand applied problems (the exercises) which are assigned every week.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Students of this course are expected to:

study the lecture material posted online
do weekly tutorial exercises
study the real world case studies to be covered in the workshops
commit approximately 8 hours per week to private study, that is, outside regular classes.

Learning Activities Summary

A tentative list of topics to be covered in the course is as follows:

**TOPICS**
Week 1	Introduction and review of main concepts
Week 2	Monopoly: Sources of Market Power
Week 3	Monopoly: Non-Linear Pricing and Price Discrimination
Week 4	Static Models of Oligopoly
Week 5	Dynamic Models of Oligopoly
Week 6	Product Differentiation
Week 7	Entry Deterrence
Week 8	Mid-Term exam
Week 9	Antitrust Economics: Predatory Pricing
Week 10	Antitrust Economics: Vertical Integration and Vertical Restraints
Week 11	Antitrust Economics: Horizontal Concentration
Week 12	Regulatory Economics: Optimal Pricing for Natural Monopoly

Specific Course Requirements

This course is closely associated with an undergraduate course “ECON 3516 Industrial Organisation”. The lecture material will be the same as for ECON 3516 but tutorial and workshop meetings will be run separately for students enrolled in ECON 7237.

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Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Mid-Term Examination: Weight: 30%, Learning objectives assessed: 1 to 4
This exam will be held during lecture time. It will assess the topics covered in Weeks 1 to 6 and will consist of exercises to be solved and/or discussion questions to be answered.

Workshop & Tutorial Assignments: Weight: 20%, Learning objectives assessed: 1 to 4
Every week, there will be an assignment of discussion questions (for the workshops) and/or exercises (for the tutorials). Students are requested to attempt to do the assignments and to have their answers and solutions written on a separate sheet to be handed in at precise dates and time (to be determined at the start of the semester). See the Assessment Detail section below for the grading of assignments and the determination of the tutorial grade.

Final Examination: Weight: 50%, Learning objectives assessed: 1 to 4
This exam will be held in the 最新糖心Vlog examination period and will be three hours long. It will be on materials from the entire course though approximately 70% of the questions will be from post-midterm topics.

Assessment Related Requirements

In order to pass this course, students must achieve:
· a composite mark of at least 50 out of 100,
· at least 45 out 100 in the final exam.

Assessment Detail

Mid-Term Examination: Failure to sit the mid-term examination will result in receiving zero points, whether a medical certificate is provided or not. The grade of the final exam will then account for 80% of the overall grade.

Workshops and Tutorials: Every week, the lecturer will randomly select one of the assigned exercises or questions to be graded. The grade will be 0, 1, 3 or 5, depending on the quality of the answer provided. Particular attention will be given to the work out of the exercise’s solutions or of the answer provided. The solutions’ work out will be ‘documented’ if it shows the details of the calculations performed (if any) and the reasoning used to reach the reported answers or solutions.

The grading rule to be used is: 0: no attempt to do the selected exercise, 1: a majority of incorrect or undocumented answers, 3: a majority of correct and documented answers, 5: all answers are documented and correct.

Attendance to the tutorial meetings is compulsory. If, owing to exceptional circumstances, you are unable to attend your usual tutorial, you may try to attend another tutorial in the same week. Occasional absence will be tolerated only once during the semester. If you are unable to attend a tutorial for medical reasons, you should provide a medical certificate. If the medical certificate covers a period longer than a week, you will need to organise some other arrangements with the lecturer. The same applies if you provide more than two medical certificates during the semester. Collaboration on assignments is allowed and encouraged, but final solutions must be written independently. Each student should participate fully in solving each problem and understand the answer.
The grade for the tutorial is determined by the average of the eight best grades obtained for the assignments.

Final Examination: This exam will be held in the 最新糖心Vlog examination period and will be two hours long. It will be on materials from the entire course though approximately 70% of the questions will be from post-midterm topics.

Submission

No late assignments will be accepted. Failure to hand in an assignment will result in a zero mark. Assignments must be handed in at the Professions Student Hub, located at Nexus 10 (corner of Pulteney St. And North Terrace).

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Assignments will be handed back at tutorials meetings. The last assignment will be available for collection at the hub only.

There will be no alternative assessment opportunities.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

Additional Assessment
If a student receives 45-49 for their final mark for the course they will automatically be granted an additional assessment. This will most likely be in the form of a new exam (Additional Assessment) and will have the same weight as the original exam unless an alternative requirement (for example a hurdle requirement) is stated in this semester’s Course Outline. If, after replacing the original exam mark with the new exam mark, it is calculated that the student has passed the course, they will receive 50 Pass as their final result for the course (no higher) but if the calculation totals less than 50, their grade will be Fail and the higher of the original mark or the mark following the Additional Assessment will be recorded as the final result.

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