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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ECO4224 | Industrial Organizations | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. EMİN KÖKSAL |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Assoc. Prof. EMİN KÖKSAL |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | Optional Course Materials: videos, games, etc. |
Course Objectives: | The course is about firms in markets. It focuses on firm behavior in imperfectly competitive markets. It analyzes the acquisition and use of market power by firms, strategic interactions among firms, and the role of government competition policy. During the course we will approach this subject from both theoretical and applied perspectives. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define market structure 2. Define market power 3. Analyze technology and costs 4. Analyze price discrimination under monopoly 5. Analyze product variety and quality under monopoly 6. Analyze quantity and price competition |
Market Structure & Market Power, Price Discrimination & Monopoly, Product Variety & Quality under Monopoly Static & Dynamic Games, Anti-competitive behaviors, Mergers |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction & Basic microeconomics | |
2) | Market Structure & Market Power | |
3) | Price Discrimination & Monopoly | |
4) | Product Variety & Quality under Monopoly | |
5) | Commodity Bundling & Tie-in Sales | |
6) | Static Games: Quantity v. Price Competition | |
7) | Review | |
8) | Dynamic Games: First & Second Movers | |
9) | Entry Deterrence & Predation | |
10) | Price Fixing & Repeated Games | |
11) | Horizontal Mergers | |
12) | Vertical & Conglomerate Mergers | |
13) | Vertical Restraints | |
14) | Advertising, Market Power & Information |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Empirical Applications by PEPALL, RICHARDS and NORMAN (Blackwell Publishing, 2008, 4th edition) |
References: | The Economist Businessweek HBR |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 8 | % 25 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 45 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 55 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 45 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Quizzes | 8 | 1 | 8 |
Midterms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Total Workload | 146 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |