2024/2025 KAN-CEADO2001U Advanced Industrial Organization
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Advanced Industrial Organization |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Max. participants | 50 |
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Study Board for OECON and ECFI
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Last updated on 10-04-2024 |
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Students are required to:
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Course prerequisites | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This is a mandatory course for the MSc in
Advanced Economics and Finance. It is assumed that students have
knowledge similar to the entry requirements for the MSc in Advanced
Economics and Finance. For spring courses knowledge similar to the
content of the 1st-semester courses is assumed as well. The courses
have 45 class hours (lectures and exercises), and there is a high
level of interaction between lecturer and students, and in general
a high work load.
To sign up send a 1-page motivational letter, a 1-page CV, and a grade transcript to ily.stu@cbs.dk before the registration deadline for elective courses. You may find the registration deadlines on my.cbs.dk ( https://studentcbs.sharepoint.com/graduate/pages/registration-for-electives.aspx ). Please also remember to sign up through the online registration. |
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Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of compulsory
activities which must be approved (see section 13 of the Programme
Regulations): 2
Compulsory home
assignments
In order to qualify for the final exam, students must hand in and get approved 2 out of the 3 following assignments: Assignment 1: take home problem set Assignment 2: Presentation of a paper in class Assignment 3: presentation of a paper in class The assignments are made in groups of 2-4 students. If a student - due to documented illness or failed attempts - does not pass 2 out of 3 exercise preparations, the student will be given a final chance to retake this part of the course by handing in a new exercise preparation prior to the final exam. |
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Course content, structure and pedagogical approach | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The purpose of this course is to progress on some topics from the undergraduate teaching of Microeconomics and /or Industrial Organization (e.g. oligopoly coordination or vertical restraints) and to cover some additional topics (for example the economics of networks and two-sided markets, mergers, as well as R&D and innovation). The course will also cover the new empirical industrial economics that analyses real market behaviour on the basis of IO theory. It is assumed that students are familiar with Intermediate Microeconomics. |
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Description of the teaching methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||
• Class lectures
• Student presentations of relevant journal articles • Class and home exercises |
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Feedback during the teaching period | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The students will receive feedback after the assignments and in connection with student presentations. In addition, the students can receive individual feedback during office hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of this course may be taken as a PhD course by a limited number of PhD students. |
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