The National Centre for Econometric Research (NCER) will hold a short course entitled, "Empirical Industrial Organisation: Applications for Antitrust" at QUT, from Thursday 15 to Wednesday 28 April. If you are interested in attending, please contact the Administration Coordinator.
The lectures will be held in Room Z808, while the lab session will be conduced in Z850 of the School of Economics and Finance.
Course Convener
Assistant Professor Tomaso Duso, Department of Economics and Institute of Industrial Economics, Humboldt University Berlin .
Course Overview
This course aims to introduce the student to current methods in Empirical Industrial Organization. In the first part of the course we will deal with the structural approach developed in the so called "New Empirical Industrial Organization" (NEIO) framework. We start by looking at techniques for demand estimation in homogeneous and differentiated products markets. We then will move to the simultaneous analysis of demand and supply relationships and compare various methods for estimating firms' market power and strategic interactions based on game-theoretic models of oligopolistic competition. In the second part of the course we will look at applications of these techniques to evaluate public policies such as merger control.
The reading list and revelant papers can be obtained from Tomaso Duso's web page.Course Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| April 15 9:00-11:00 (Z808) |
Introduction: Measuring Market Power, Structure-Conduct-Performance |
| April 15 13:00-15:00 (Z808) |
NEIO & Structural econometrics: Estimating market power without cost information – homogenous goods |
| April 16 12:00-2:00 (Z850) |
Lab: Stata Introduction |
| April 19 10:00-12:00 (Z808) |
Demand System Estimation: Multi-budgeting / AIDS |
| April 20 10:00-12:00 (Z808) |
Demand System Estimation: Logit & Nested Logit |
| April 21 15:00-17:00 (Z850) |
Lab: First discussion of the assignment Nested logit demand estimation |
| April 23 10:00-12:00 (Z808) |
Estimating market power without cost information – differentiated goods |
| April 27 10:00-12:00 (Z808) |
Merger Control: Market Definition and Merger simulations – the Volvo-Scania case |
| April 28 15:00-17:00 (Z808) |
Lab: Students presentation of the assignment & discussion |
Enquiries and Registration
For further details please contact the NCER Administration Coordinator:
Angela Fletcher
Queensland University of Technology
Email: a.fletcher@qut.edu.au