# | Time | Part | Topics |
1 | Feb 18 (Tue), 18:30 | Monopoly | Introduction. Monopoly pricing [1.1]. |
2 | Feb 20 (Thu), 8:30 | Durable goods [1.5, appendix]. Product space, quality [2.1] |
3 | Feb 25 (Tue), 18:30 | Vertical and horizontal differentiation [2.2, 2.4-2.5] |
4 | Feb 27 (Thu), 8:30 | Quality and Information [2.3, 2.6.2.1]. Perfect and multimarket price discrimination [3] |
5 | Mar 04 (Tue), 18:30 | Screening, two-part tariffs [3] |
6 | Mar 06 (Thu), 8:30 | Second degree price discrimination [3, Appendix] |
7 | Mar 11 (Tue), 18:30 | Oligopoly | Static models of competition [5] |
8 | Mar 13 (Thu), 8:30 | Dynamic models of competition [6.1, 6.3, 6.6, 6.7.1] |
| Mar 20 (Thu), 8:30 | [Midterm exam] |
9 | Mar 25 (Tue), 18:30 | Competition with differentiated products: horizontal differentiation [7-7.1] |
10 | Mar 27 (Thu), 8:30 | Competition with differentiated products: vertical differentiation, monopolistic competition [7.1-7.2, 7.5] |
11 | Apr 01 (Tue), 18:30 | Entry. Natural monopolies [8, Appendixes not mandatory] |
12 | Apr 03 (Thu), 8:30 | Entry deterrence, taxonomy of business strtegies [8, Appendixes not mandatory] |
13 | Apr 08 (Tue), 18:30 | Search models, Search frictions |
14 | Apr 10 (Thu), 8:30 | Search with price dispersion, Sales |
15 | Apr 15 (Tue), 18:30 | Bounded rationality | Introduction to Bounded Rationality, Sampling-based reasoning [Spiegler 6-7] |
16 | Apr 17 (Thu), 8:30 | Quacks, Obfuscation [Spiegler 6-7] |
17 | Apr 22 (Tue), 18:30 | | Final Exam Review session |
| Apr 24 (Thu), 8:30 | | [Final exam] |