Empirical Industrial Organization
Course description:
The aim of the "Empirical Industrial Organization" course is to deepen students' knowledge on the analysis of industrial markets and conducting empirical analysis of applied economic issues; preparing students to use advanced econometric methods in the analysis of processes that affect the functioning and interaction of firms.
Instructor: Leonova L.A.
Credit points: 4
Faculty: Faculty of Economics
Language: English
Level: Master
Academic hours: 48
Syllabus
- Empirical Studies of the Industrial Organization: Basic Concepts and Directions of Study
- Structural Models
- Modeling of Supply and Demand in Industrial Organization
- Dynamic models
- Cost Function Estimation
Readings
- Handbook of Econometrics, Volume 6, ed. by J.J.Heckman, E.E. Leamer. North Holland. Chapter 64 (C. Reiss, F. A. Wolak).
- Aguirregabiria V. The Dynamics of Markups and Inventories in Retailing Firms // The Review of Economic Studies. 1999. Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 275-308.
- Aguirregabiria V. Econometric Issues and Methods in the Estimation of Production Functions // Munich Personal RePEc Archive. 2009.
- Berry S.T. Estimation of a Model of Entry in the Airline Industry // Econometrica. 1992. Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 889-917.
- Berry S. T. Estimating Discrete-Choice Models of Product Differentiation // The RAND Journal of Economics. 1994. Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 242-262.
- Berry S., Levinsohn J., Pakes A. Automobile Prices in Market Equilibrium // Econometrica. 1995. Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 841-890.
- Borenstein S., Shepard A. Dynamic Pricing in Retail Gasoline Markets // The RAND Journal of Economics. 1996. Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 429-451.
- Bresnahan T. F., Reiss P. C. Entry in Monopoly Markets // The Review of Economic Studies.1990. Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 531-553.
- Christensen L. R., Greene W. H. Economies of Scale in U.S. Electric Power Generation // The Journal of Political Economy. 1976. Vol. 84, No. 4, Part 1, pp. 655-676.
- Dunne T., Roberts M. J., Samuelson L. Patterns of Firm Entry and Exit in U.S. Manufacturing Industries // The RAND Journal of Economics. 1988. Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 495-515.
- Ellison G. Theories of Cartel Stability and the Joint Executive Committee // The Journal of Economics. 1994. Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 37-57.
- Evans D. S., Heckman J. J. A Test for Subadditivity of the Cost Function with an Application to the Bell System // The American Economic Review. 1984. Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 615-623.
- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg. Dealer Price Discrimination in New Car Purchases: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey // The Journal of Political Economy. 1996. Vol. 104, No. 3, pp. 622-654.
- Haile P. A., Tamer E. Inference with an Incomplete Model of English Auctions // The Journal of Political Economy. 2003. Vol. 111, No. 1, pp. 1-51.
- Nevo A. Measuring Market Power in the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Industry// Econometrica. 2001. Vol. 69, No. 2, pp. 307-342.
- Olley G. S., Pakes A. The Dynamics of Productivity in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry // Econometrica. 1996. Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 1263-1297.
- Porter R. H. A Study of Cartel Stability: The Joint Executive Committee, 1880-1886 // The Bell Journal of Economics. 1983. Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 301-314.
- Porter R. H., Zona J. D. Detection of Bid Rigging in Procurement Auctions // The Journal of Political Economy. 1993. Vol. 101, No. 3, pp. 518-538.
- Shepard A.. Price Discrimination and Retail Configuration // The Journal of Political Economy. 1991. Vol. 99, No. 1, pp. 30-53.
- Slade M. E. Interfirm Rivalry in a Repeated Game: An Empirical Test of Tacit Collusion //The Journal of Industrial Economics. 1987.Vol. 35, No. 4, The Empirical Renaissance in Industrial Economics, pp. 499-516.
- Verbeek, Marno (2012). A Gide to Modern Econometrics.Chichester-New York-Weinheirn- Brisbane-Toronto-Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 4ер edition.
- Green, William H. (2011) Econometric Analysis. New York: Pearson Education International, 7th ed.
2015/2016
Academic Year
ENG
Instruction in English
4
ECTS credits
Author
Leonova, Liudmila