Microeconomics 3

1st class: 8 November 2018, 11:00am-1:00 pm

 

  1. Market intermediation with particular reference to network goods

Introduction to the intermediation problem: Information and reputation questions

Reference:

(*) Belleflamme P. and M. Peitz, (2015) Industrial Organization, 2d ed, Cambridge University Press, Ch. 23

The supply side question: On-line customer persuasion and privacy

Reference:

A De Corniere, R De Nijs (2016) Online advertising and privacy, The RAND Journal of Economics,

The demand side question: Consumer’s attention cost  

Reference:

Kominers S. D, X. Mu, A. Peysakhovich (2016) Paying (for) Attention: The Impact of Information Processing Costs on Bayesian Inference, WP

 2d class: 9 November 2018, 11:00am-1:00 pm

  1. Behavioral IO: Foundation

Bounded rationality in IO

References:

(*) Potters, J., S, Suetens (2013) Oligopoly experiments in the current millennium, Journal of Economic Surveys

Eliaz, K, R. Spiegler (2015) Beyond “Ellison’s Matrix”: New Directions in Behavioral Industrial Organization, Review of Industrial Organization

 3d class: 15 November 2018, 11:00am-1:00pm

  1. Behavioral competition policy (I)

Online ad price, merger and entry when consumers single-home and when consumers multi-home

References:

(*) Anderson, S P, Ø Foros, and H J Kind (2018), “Competition for advertisers and for viewers in media markets”, The Economic Journal 128: 34-54.

Athey, S, E Calvano, and J Gans (2018), “The impact of consumer multi- oming on advertising markets and media competition”, Management Science 64(4): 1574–1590.

Anderson, S P, Ø Foros, and H J Kind (2018), “The importance of consumer multi-homing (joint purchases) for market performance: mergers and entry in media markets”, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, forthcoming

4th class: 16 November 2018, 11:00 am- 1:00 pm

  1. Behavioral competition policy (II)

“Quasi” rational consumers

References:

(*) Luini, L., P.L. Sabbatini (2012) Demand cross elasticity without substitutability, Journal of Socio-Economics

Meier S., C. Sprenger (2010) Present-biased preferences and credit card borrowing, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Prat, A, T. Valletti (2018) Attention Oligopoly, WP

(*) Main reference