To understand the functioning of markets different from perfect competition (monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition) and of the strategies used by firms operating in such markets, also with the analysis of theories of firm different from the neoclassical model studied in the class of microeconomics; to acquire the basic knowledge about antitrust policies, policies for the regulation of natural monopolies and industrial policies
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
1. Structure-conduct-performance model
2. Market structure and strategies of firms: competition, monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition
3. Theory of firm: neoclassical model and other models
4. Concentration and size distribution of firms
5. Competition and collusion. Barriers to entry and potential competition. Price discrimination. Product differentiation. Technical progress and innovations
6. Antitrust policies. Natural monopolies and regulation. Industrial policies
7. Productive structure of the Italian economy: historical backgrounds, recent evolution, points of strength and points of weakness
8. Sources for the analysis of the Italian productive structure
Anna Giunta e Salvatore Rossi, Che cosa sa fare l'Italia. La nostra economia dopo la grande crisi, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2017
Programme
The course introduces to the analysis of competitive and non competitive markets and the related business strategies, taking into account the heterogeneity of enterprises behavioral models. We will study at an introductory level the antitrust policy, industrial policies and policies for the regulation of natural monopolies. The applied part of the course is focused on the analysis of the Italian productive structure, also through the examination of the main statistical sources and other institutional and academic reporting1. Structure-conduct-performance model
2. Market structure and strategies of firms: competition, monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition
3. Theory of firm: neoclassical model and other models
4. Concentration and size distribution of firms
5. Competition and collusion. Barriers to entry and potential competition. Price discrimination. Product differentiation. Technical progress and innovations
6. Antitrust policies. Natural monopolies and regulation. Industrial policies
7. Productive structure of the Italian economy: historical backgrounds, recent evolution, points of strength and points of weakness
8. Sources for the analysis of the Italian productive structure
Core Documentation
John Lipczynski, John O.S. Wilson e John Goddard, Economia industriale, Pearson Italia, Milano-Torino, 2016Anna Giunta e Salvatore Rossi, Che cosa sa fare l'Italia. La nostra economia dopo la grande crisi, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2017
Reference Bibliography
Istat, Rapporto sulla competitività dei settori produttivi, vari anni Centro Studi Confindustria, Scenari industriali, vari anniType of delivery of the course
Sixty hours in thirty two hours classes Prof. Causi is in charge of fourty hours and of the parts of the program going from 1 to 3 and from 6 to 8. Prof. Baldini is in charge of twenty hours and of the parts 4 and 5 of the program.Attendance
Recommended but not compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
1. Structure-conduct-performance model
2. Market structure and strategies of firms: competition, monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition
3. Theory of firm: neoclassical model and other models
4. Concentration and size distribution of firms
5. Competition and collusion. Barriers to entry and potential competition. Price discrimination. Product differentiation. Technical progress and innovations
6. Antitrust policies. Natural monopolies and regulation. Industrial policies
7. Productive structure of the Italian economy: historical backgrounds, recent evolution, points of strength and points of weakness
8. Sources for the analysis of the Italian productive structure
Anna Giunta e Salvatore Rossi, Che cosa sa fare l'Italia. La nostra economia dopo la grande crisi, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2017
Programme
The course introduces to the analysis of competitive and non competitive markets and the related business strategies, taking into account the heterogeneity of enterprises behavioral models. We will study at an introductory level the antitrust policy, industrial policies and policies for the regulation of natural monopolies. The applied part of the course is focused on the analysis of the Italian productive structure, also through the examination of the main statistical sources and other institutional and academic reporting1. Structure-conduct-performance model
2. Market structure and strategies of firms: competition, monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition
3. Theory of firm: neoclassical model and other models
4. Concentration and size distribution of firms
5. Competition and collusion. Barriers to entry and potential competition. Price discrimination. Product differentiation. Technical progress and innovations
6. Antitrust policies. Natural monopolies and regulation. Industrial policies
7. Productive structure of the Italian economy: historical backgrounds, recent evolution, points of strength and points of weakness
8. Sources for the analysis of the Italian productive structure
Core Documentation
John Lipczynski, John O.S. Wilson e John Goddard, Economia industriale, Pearson Italia, Milano-Torino, 2016Anna Giunta e Salvatore Rossi, Che cosa sa fare l'Italia. La nostra economia dopo la grande crisi, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2017
Reference Bibliography
Istat, Rapporto sulla competitività dei settori produttivi, vari anni Centro Studi Confindustria, Scenari industriali, vari anniType of delivery of the course
Sixty hours in thirty two hours classes Prof. Causi is in charge of fourty hours and of the parts of the program going from 1 to 3 and from 6 to 8. Prof. Baldini is in charge of twenty hours and of the parts 4 and 5 of the program.Attendance
Recommended but not compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
1. Structure-conduct-performance model
2. Market structure and strategies of firms: competition, monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition
3. Theory of firm: neoclassical model and other models
4. Concentration and size distribution of firms
5. Competition and collusion. Barriers to entry and potential competition. Price discrimination. Product differentiation. Technical progress and innovations
6. Antitrust policies. Natural monopolies and regulation. Industrial policies
7. Productive structure of the Italian economy: historical backgrounds, recent evolution, points of strength and points of weakness
8. Sources for the analysis of the Italian productive structure
Anna Giunta e Salvatore Rossi, Che cosa sa fare l'Italia. La nostra economia dopo la grande crisi, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2017
Programme
The course introduces to the analysis of competitive and non competitive markets and the related business strategies, taking into account the heterogeneity of enterprises behavioral models. We will study at an introductory level the antitrust policy, industrial policies and policies for the regulation of natural monopolies. The applied part of the course is focused on the analysis of the Italian productive structure, also through the examination of the main statistical sources and other institutional and academic reporting1. Structure-conduct-performance model
2. Market structure and strategies of firms: competition, monopoly, oligopoly, imperfect competition
3. Theory of firm: neoclassical model and other models
4. Concentration and size distribution of firms
5. Competition and collusion. Barriers to entry and potential competition. Price discrimination. Product differentiation. Technical progress and innovations
6. Antitrust policies. Natural monopolies and regulation. Industrial policies
7. Productive structure of the Italian economy: historical backgrounds, recent evolution, points of strength and points of weakness
8. Sources for the analysis of the Italian productive structure
Core Documentation
John Lipczynski, John O.S. Wilson e John Goddard, Economia industriale, Pearson Italia, Milano-Torino, 2016Anna Giunta e Salvatore Rossi, Che cosa sa fare l'Italia. La nostra economia dopo la grande crisi, Laterza, Bari-Roma, 2017
Reference Bibliography
Istat, Rapporto sulla competitività dei settori produttivi, vari anni Centro Studi Confindustria, Scenari industriali, vari anniType of delivery of the course
Sixty hours in thirty two hours classes Prof. Causi is in charge of fourty hours and of the parts of the program going from 1 to 3 and from 6 to 8. Prof. Baldini is in charge of twenty hours and of the parts 4 and 5 of the program.Attendance
Recommended but not compulsoryType of evaluation
Oral examination