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Application of industrial organization and strategic behavior to industry, consumer and policy issues. Empirical analysis of market power, including market structure and performance, price discrimination, product differentiation, vertical control, cartel formation and sustainability, mergers, strategic behavior and firm organizations. Applied topics include branding, advertising, antitrust policy, consumer behavior and environmental applications.

This is a continuation of Applied Microeconomic Theory I (Res Econ 711). We will cover the following topics: general equilibrium analysis, social choice and welfare economics, introduction to noncooperative game theory and information economics.

Theory and applications of basic econometric methods. The focus is on linear models with multiple independent variables: Least Squares Regressions, including problems caused by violations of model assumptions and possible solutions; hypothesis testing; linear panel data models; treatment effect analysis; introduction to estimating systems of equations. At the end of the class, students will be able to conduct their own empirical research in a wide variety of applications and will be prepared for Res-Econ 703.

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Independent study and research on selected problems in resource economics.