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Readings for Econ 345-X

Grayed-out readings and topics are tentative and subject to change. Blue readings are as assigned in class.
Aug. 26 Introduction to Computer Assisted Socratic Dialogue as an instructional technique
Aug. 28 Durable models and accidental assumptions
Wood, ch. 1
Sept. 2 Leftover topic from ch. 1: Monopoly and natural monopoly; then:
Behavior of the firm
Wood, ch. 2 (won't finish ch. 2)
Sept. 4 The financial setting from ch. 2; then: Monopoly and economic welfare
Wood, ch. 3
Sept. 9 Monopoly and economic welfare (finishing ch. 3); then: Antitrust laws in the "New Economy"
Wood, ch. 4
Sept. 11 Case studies in monopoly and economic welfare
Finishing Wood ch. 4; then
Brock chs. 14, 1, 6
Sept. 16 Economies of joint production
Wood, ch. 5; Brock, ch. 5
Sept. 18 Network economies
Brock, ch. 3; Wood, ch. 6
Sept. 23 Casual day: The theory of imperfect competition
Wood, ch. 7
Sept. 25 Imperfect competition and equilibrium concepts
Wood, ch. 7
Sept. 30 TEST 1: No new reading
Oct. 2 Imperfect competition applied
Wood, ch. 8
Oct. 7 Finishing ch. 8 on imperfect competition applied
Oct. 9 Casual day: Games, in the world and in the lab
Wood, ch. 9
Oct. 14 Finishing ch. 9, then: The cigarette industry
Brock, ch. 4
Oct. 16 Entry deterring behavior
Wood, ch. 10 (first half)
Oct. 21 Predatory behavior
Wood, ch. 10 (second half)
Oct. 23 Concentration and profits
Wood, ch. 11
Oct. 28 Vertical relationships
Wood, ch. 12
Oct. 30 Diversification and merger
Wood, ch. 13
Nov. 4 Case in vertical integration: College sports
Brock, ch. 13
Nov. 6 TEST 2: No new reading
Nov. 11 Brock, ch. 2; then:
Pricing and price discrimination
Wood, ch. 14
Nov. 13 Finishing ch. 14, then:
Advertising and product differentiation
Wood, ch. 15
Nov. 18 Finishing ch. 15, then:
Intellectual property rights
Wood, ch. 16; Brock, ch. 7
Nov. 20 Finishing intellectual property rights and the music industry, then:
Regulation and Deregulation
Wood, ch. 17
Dec. 2 Finishing ch. 17, then health care:
Brock ch. 11
Dec. 4 Casual day: Cases in Deregulation
Brock chs. 8, 10, 9