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December 10, 2022
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Description
This course uses theoretical models and empirical studies to help understand the economics behind various internet businesses.
We will begin with a discussion of relevant topics from industrial organization (IO) including monopoly pricing, price discrimination, product differentiation, and barriers to entry. The main part of the course will be a discussion of a number of online businesses. In the context of those businesses, we will discuss extensions and applications of the ideas from the first section of the course.
Course Curriculum
- Review Notes 1 Unlimited
- Review Notes 2 Unlimited
- Entry, Market Structure, and Concentration Notes Unlimited
- Online Auctions Notes Unlimited
- The Shift Away from Auctions Notes Unlimited
- The Economics of Group Purchasing Notes Unlimited
- Price Search Notes Unlimited
- Search and Obfuscation on the Internet Notes Unlimited
- Extremely High Search Costs and the Internet Notes Unlimited
- E-retail Notes Unlimited
- Price Discrimination Notes Unlimited
- Sales Tax and E-commerce Notes Unlimited
- Search Advertising and Sponsored Links Notes Unlimited
- Auction Types and Settings Notes Unlimited
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