Economics and Industrial Organisation

Code:

LEC303

Acronym:

EOI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Grupo de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	42	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	3	3		-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The conceptual approach adopted in the course of Industrial Organization comes essentially from the neoclassical economic paradigm, in which formal modelling of the economic structure and determination of the associated economic incentives are stessed. Students will be able to understand and assess the working and the performance of real markets according to the normative and positive theories of the dominant economic paradigm.

Program

1. Introduction.
2. Production Technology and Market Structure.
3. Perfect competition, monopoly and market power
4. Theories of Business Strategy in Oligopoly Markets.
5. Monopoly Power and Predatory Conduct.
6. Collusion and Cartels.
7. Mergers.
8. Vertical Relations and Restraints.
9. Advertising.
10. Economic Regulation.

Mandatory literature

Lynne Pepall,D. Richards e George Norman; Industrial organization - Contemporary theory and empirical applications, Blackwell, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4051-7632-3

Complementary Bibliography

Luís Cabral; Economia Industrial, McGraw-Hill , 1994

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and Applied Classes.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Only the students that do not fail more than 25% of the previewed classes can choice the evaluation by tests.

Calculation formula of final grade

The result of the evaluation by tests will be equal to the weighted average of the results of the three tests.
When the student opts by final exam the result will be that of the exam.