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Undergraduate Course: Market Structure, Conduct and Performance (BUST10008)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaBusiness Studies Other subject areaNone
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


Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Business Economics (BUST08005) OR Economics 2 (ECNM08006)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesA pass in Business Economics (BUST08005) OR
Economics 2 (ECNM08006) equivalents


Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes Two essays (50% each) for Semester 1 visiting students only.
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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 essays (max 3000 words each) (50% each) for visiting students.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Recommended:
J Lipczynski, J Wilson & J Goddard, Industrial Organization, Prentice Hall 2005 (3rd ed.).
Background:
1. S Martin Industrial Organization in Context, Oxford University Press, 2010;
2. S. Martin, Industrial Organization: A European Perspective, Oxford University Press, 2002;
3. D. E. Waldman & E.J. Jensen, Industrial Organization, Addison-Wesley, 1998;
4. J Church & R Ware, Industrial Organization, McGraw-Hill, 2000;
5. S Davies, B Lyons, P Geroski, & H Dixon (eds), Economics of Industrial Organisation, Longman, 1988.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsMSCP
Contacts
Course organiserDr Augusto Voltes-Dorta
Tel: (0131 6)51 5546
Email: Augusto.Voltes-Dorta@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Patricia Ward-Scaltsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 3823
Email: Patricia.Ward-Scaltsas@ed.ac.uk
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