Undergraduate Course: Market Structure, Conduct and Performance (BUST10008)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.bus.ed.ac.uk/programmes/ugpc.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | &· Strategic Behaviour Concerning Choices of Price and
Output in Oligopolies
&· Price and Output Coordination in Practice
&· Limit Pricing and Strategic Entry Deterrence
&· Determinants of the Structure of Markets: Strategic
Behaviour, Economies of Scale, Chance
&· Causes and Effects of Acquisitions and Mergers
&· Empirical Studies Relating Market Structure to
Economic Performance
&· Strategic Choices Concerning the Amount and Speed of R&D
Activity in Different Market Structures
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Business Studies/Management courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-5 & 7-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Forrest Hill, Room 3.D01 |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | |
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-5 & 7-11 | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Thursday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: Central. Forrest Hill, Room 3.D01 |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Welfare economics of Monopoly and Competition. Determinants of market structure. Oligopolistic coordination. Structure-performance relationships. Market power and technological change. Certain economic aspects of advertising. |
Assessment Information
Continuous assessment - one essay (approx 2000 words) 30%
Final exam 70%
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Two 3000 word essays (50% each) for visiting students. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | MSCP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jonathan Crook
Tel: (0131 6)50 3802
Email: j.crook@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Patricia Ward-Scaltsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3823
Email: Patricia.Ward-Scaltsas@ed.ac.uk |
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