Topic

Assignment

Feb. 7

Overview & Review

CATV discussion questions out

14

NO Recitation

Antitrust Overview

Monopoly & Dominant Firms

Game Handout & PS 1 out

16

Recitation

20!

Holiday (but Monday schedule on Tuesday)

Game Theory 1: Static Models

Game Handout due

21

Dynamic Games (Borenstein & Shephard)

 PS 1 due

23

Recitation: PS 1 solutions

26

Tacit Collusion & Facilitating Practices:

GE-Westinghouse HBS Case

OPEC questions out

28

Cartels

OPEC discussion; PS 2 out

March 2

Recitation

5

Industry Structure and Performance

7

Measuring Market Power

9

Recitation

12

Antitrust Policy – Mergers & Monopolization

14

Strategic Behavior: Entry 1

PS 2 due; DuPont discussion

16

Recitation: Exam 1 Review & PS 2 solutions

19

Entry 2

American Airlines questions out

21

EXAM 1: covers material through 3/16

26- 30

MIT Spring Break- Enjoy!

April 2

Predatory Pricing

 American Airlines discussion

4

Raising Rivals’ Costs

 PS 3 & cereal questions out

6

Recitation

9

Product Choice 1: Quality, Durability, Networks

11

Product Choice 2: Spatial Models & Cereal

 Cereal discussion

13

Recitation: spatial competition models

16

18

Advertising

 PS 3 due; PS 4 out

20

Recitation: PS 3 solutions

23

R&D

Internet pricing questions out

25

Pricing Strategies 1: Internet pricing

 Internet pricing discussion

27

Recitation:

30

Pricing Strategies 2

PS 4 due; PS 5 out

May 2

Internal Organization 1: firm boundaries

4

Recitation: PS 4 solutions

7

Internal Organization 2: firm behavior

9

Vertical Structure

PS 5 due; Microsoft questions out

11

Recitation: Review for Final Exam, PS 5 solutions

14

Microsoft Case Discussion

MS Case discussion

16

More Microsoft, Course Wrap-up

Finals week

(two hour exam)