Course Information
Course title
Introduction to Industrial Organization 
Semester
109-2 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS  
Instructor
JIANDA ZHU 
Curriculum Number
ECON5127 
Curriculum Identity Number
323EU2260 
Class
 
Credits
3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Tuesday 6,7,8(13:20~16:20) 
Remarks
Restriction: juniors and beyond OR Restriction: MA students and beyond OR Restriction: Ph. D students
The upper limit of the number of students: 30. 
 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

This course provides the introduction to Industrial Organization (IO), including the study of the market structure, the theory of the firm, and some other important topics in IO. The focus will be on some basic theoretical models and related empirical studies. 

Course Objective
The goal is to familiarize students with different market structures and to provide some related topics for research in the future. 
Course Requirement
See the syllabus 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Tue. 11:00~12:00 
Designated reading
 
References
1. Dennis W. Carlton and Jeffrey M. Perloff. Modern Industrial Organization, Pearson/Addison Wesley, 2005.
2. Jean Tirole. The Theory of Industrial Organization, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1988. 
Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Homework 
30% 
 
2. 
Class participation 
20% 
 
3. 
Proposal presentation 
10% 
 
4. 
Final project 
40% 
 
 
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