This note covers the following topics: Two Sides of a Market, Competitive
Market, Monopoly, Basis of Game Theory, Duopoly and Oligopoly – Homogeneous
products, Differentiated Products Markets, Concentration, Mergers, and Entry
Barriers, research and Development, Network Effects, Compatibility, and
Standards, Advertising, Quality, Pricing Tactics, Marketing Tactics: Bundling,
Upgrading, and Dealerships.
This
note will cover the multi-disciplinary theoretical and empirical foundations of
research on work, employment, labor markets, and industrial relations. It begins
by tracing the historical development of theory and research in the field,
paying special attention to how the normative premises, concepts, and
methodological traditions of industrial relations compare to those of other
disciplines that contribute to the study of work and employment relations. Then
will review a number of current theoretical and policy debates shaping the
field.
This note covers the following
topics: Equilibria in Homogeneous Product Markets, Demand Systems,
Characteristic Space, Product Level Data, and Price Indices, Digression on Price
Indices, Empirical Differentiated Products, Applications of Demand Analysis,
Cost and Production Functions, Estimating Production Functions, Insurance
Markets and Cost Functions, Static Issues in Using UPP, Two Period Empirical
Models, A Digression on Moment Inequality Estimators, The Revealed Preference or
Profit Inequality Approach, Vertical Markets.