1. Atanu Dey MTWTh 10am – 11:30am 122 Barrows 1 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

2.  My name is “Atanu”  Best way to contact me: ◦ Email: atanudey+econ121@gmail.comatanudey+econ121@gmail.com ◦ Phone : 330-282-6833 (330-atanudey) 2 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

3.  Work ◦ Chief Economist at NetCORE in Mumbai, India ◦ Computer Systems Div, Hewlett Packard, Cupertino  Alumnus ◦ UC Berkeley (PhD, Econ) ◦ Rutgers Univ (MS, Computer Science) ◦ Indian Institute of Technology (M Tech, Computer Science) ◦ Nagpur University (B Tech, Mechanical Engineering) 3 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

4.  Please introduce yourself. ◦ What you would want others to know about yourself  What brings you here?  What are your goals? 4 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

5.  Required: Carlton & Perloff, Modern Industrial Organization, Addison Wesley, 4th Ed., 2005  Suggested optional: Jeffrey R. Church and Roger Ware. Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Available for free download at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_church/ 23http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_church/ 23 5 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

6.  Office Hours: 512 Evans Hall Tue – Wed 3:30 PM — 5:00 PM  Reader: Fahd Majeed ◦ fahdmajeed@gmail.com 6 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

7.  Classwork 5% Homework 25% Midterm 30% Final 40%  Midterm July 14 th in class  Final Aug 11 th in class  There will be 31 meetings (29 lectures, 2 exams) 7 Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey

8.  Week1 ◦ Introduction: Chapter 1 ◦ Chap 2&3: Firms & Costs, Competition  Week 2 ◦ Chap 3&4: Competition, Monopolies ◦ HW#1  Week 3 ◦ Chapter 6: Game Theory & Oligopolies ◦ HW#2  Week 4 ◦ Game Theory, Cartels (Chap 5) ◦ Revision ◦ Midterm July 14th Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey8

9.  Week 5 ◦ Chapter 11: Strategic Behavior ◦ Assigned readings  Week 6 ◦ Chapter 13: Information ◦ Chapter 14: Advertising ◦ Chapter 17: Markets—Theory & Facts ◦ HW#4  Week 7 ◦ Chaper 18: International Trade ◦ Chap 19: Antitrust Laws & Policy ◦ HW#5  Week 8 ◦ Chap 20 Regulation ◦ Revision ◦ Final Exam Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey9

10.  Read Chapter 3 of Church & Ware ◦ Pages 50-65  Course blog ◦ Econ121.wordpress.com Econ121 Industrial Organization Atanu Dey10