EC918-7-SP-CO:
Industrial Organisation
2024/25
Economics
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
20
13 February 2024
Requisites for this module
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MSC L1N212 Economics of Business and Management
The module offers an introduction to industrial organisation for students with little or no previous background in economics. The module will focus on the strategies and conduct of firms in different market structures: perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly. The module will complement the theory with case studies, applications, and policy-relevant debates that are relevant for business and management.
The aims of this module are:
- To provide students with an understanding of the foundations of industrial organisation, with a particular focus on: perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly.
- To provide students with a broad base of knowledge that allows them to undertake more advanced study in specialised areas of economics.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the foundations of industrial organisation.
- Demonstrate knowledge of firm behaviour under different market structures: perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly.
- Demonstrate knowledge and critically evaluate the current debates in each of the areas of study.
Lecture 1: Overview, The Firm and Costs
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 1 and 2
Lecture 2: Competition and Monopoly
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 3 and 4
Lecture 3: Cartels and Oligopoly
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 5 and 6
Lecture 4: Product Differentiation, Industry Structure and Performance
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 7 and 8
Lecture 5: Price Discrimination and Advanced Topics in Pricing
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 9 and 10
Lecture 6: Strategic Behaviour, Vertical Integration and Vertical Restrictions
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 11 and 12
Lecture 7: Information, Advertising and Disclosure
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 13 and 14
Lecture 8: Durability, Patents and Technological Change
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 15 and 16
Lecture 9: How Markets Clear, International Trade
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 17 and 18
Lecture 10: Antitrust Law and Policy, Regulation and Deregulation
- Carlton and Perloff, Chapters 19 and 20
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture per week
- One 1-hour class per week.
The lectures and classes are face-to-face. The lectures and classes will be inclusive to all, including those with additional learning needs.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Exam |
Main exam: In-Person, Open Book, 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: In-Person, Open Book, 120 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Miss Ashley Burdett, email: aburde@essex.ac.uk.
Mr Lucas Siga, email: lucas.siga@essex.ac.uk.
Lecture and Classes: Mr Lucas Siga and Dr Ashley Burdett / Voluntary Support Classes: Dr Goher Fatima
For further information, send an email message to pgteco@essex.ac.uk.
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Miss Maria Kyriacou
Available via Moodle
Of 3 hours, 3 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
Economics
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