Econometric Models for Industrial Organization

Economic Models for Industrial Organization focuses on the specification and estimation of econometric models for research in industrial organization. In recent decades, empirical work in industrial organization has moved towards dynamic and equilibrium models, involving econometric methods which have features distinct from those used in other areas of applied economics. These lecture notes, aimed for a first or second-year PhD course, motivate and explain these econometric methods, starting from simple models and building to models with the complexity observed in typical research papers. The covered topics include discrete-choice demand analysis, models of dynamic behavior and dynamic games, multiple equilibria in entry games and partial identification, and auction models.

Contents:

• Demand Estimation for Differentiated-product Markets
• Single-agent Dynamic Models: Part 1
• Single-agent Dynamic Models: Part 2
• Single-agent Dynamic Models: Part 3
• Dynamic Games
• Auction Models
• Partial Identification in Structural Models
• Background: Simulation Methods
• Problem Sets

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in the field of industrial organization.
Key Features:

• Focuses on the specification and estimation of econometric models for industrial organization
• Aims for first or second-year graduate courses
• Covers different topics like discrete-choice demand analysis, models of dynamic behavior and dynamic games, multiple equilibria in entry games and partial identification, and auction models