INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION II (PhD)

ECO2901: Winter 2012

Victor Aguirregabiria (University of Toronto)

 

1.  SYLLABUS

 

2.     CLASS NOTES

 

3.     PROBLEM SETS

 

·        Problem Set #1: Demand, Static Bertrand Competition, and Exogenous Mergers

·        Problem Set #1: STATA dataset

 

4.    LIST OF REQUIRED READINGS

 

A. Static Models of Market Entry and Market Structure

 

o      Bresnahan, Timothy and Peter Reiss (1991): “Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets,” Journal of Political Economy, 99, 977-1009.

 

o      Bresnahan, Timothy and Peter Reiss (1990): “Entry in Monopoly Markets,” The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 57, No. 4. (Oct., 1990), pp. 531-553.

 

o      Bresnahan, Timothy and Peter Reiss (1991): “Empirical Models of Discrete Games,” Journal of Econometrics.

 

o      Seim, K. (2006): “An Empirical Model of Firm Entry with Endogenous Product-Type Choices,” forthcoming, RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 37, issue 3, 619-640.

 

o      Sweeting, A. (2009): “The Strategic Timing of Radio Commercials: An Empirical Analysis Using Multiple Equilibria,” RAND Journal of Economics, 40(4), 710-742.

 

B. Dynamic Single-Agent Models: Investment, Capacity, Store Location

 

o      Rust, J. (1992): "Do People Behave According to Bellman’s Principle of Optimality,” manuscript.

 

o      Rust, J. (2006): "Dynamic Programming,” New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.

 

o      Aguirregabiria, Victor and Mira, Pedro (2010): “Dynamic Discrete Choice Structural Models: A Survey,” Journal of Econometrics, 156(1), 38-67.

 

o      Rust, J. (1987): "Optimal replacement of GMC bus engines: An empirical model of Harold Zurcher," Econometrica, 55, 999-1033.

 

o      Aguirregabiria, V. (1999): "The Dynamics of Markups and Inventories in Retailing Firms," Review of Economic Studies, 66(2), 275-308.

 

o      Holmes, T. (2010): “Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density,” Econometrica, 79, 253-302.

 

C. Dynamic Demand of Differentiated Products

 

o      Hendel, I. and A. Nevo (2006): “Measuring the Implications of Sales and Consumer Stockpiling Behavior,” Econometrica, 74(6), 1637-1673.

 

o      Aguirregabiria, V. and A. Nevo (2010): “Recent Developments in Empirical IO: Dynamic Demand and Dynamic Games,” manuscript.

 

D. Estimation of Dynamic Games

 

o      Aguirregabiria, V. and P. Mira (2007): “Sequential Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Games,” Econometrica, 75, 1-53.

 

o      Bajari, P., L. Benkard, and J. Levin (2007): “Estimating Dynamic Models of Imperfect Competition,” Econometrica, vol. 75, issue 5, pages 1331-1370.

 

o      Ryan, S. (2010): “The Costs of Environmental Regulation in a Concentrated Industry,” manuscript. MIT.

 

o      Sweeting, A. (2011): “Dynamic Product Repositioning in Differentiated Product Industries: The Effect of Fees for Musical Performance Rights on the Commercial Radio Industry,” manuscript

 

o      Collard-Wexler, A. (2010): “Demand Fluctuations in the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry,” manuscript

 

o      Aguirregabiria, V., and C-Y Ho (2010): “A Dynamic Oligopoly Game of the US Airline Industry: Estimation and Policy Experiments,” manuscript

 

 

5.    COMPUTER CODE AND DATA 

 

·        DEMO 1: (PDF) EXAMPLE OF PANEL DATASET OF LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS. CHILEAN BUSINESS CENSUS: 1994-1999. SOME RETAIL INDUSTRIES (5 DIGITS INDUSTRY CODE)

 

·         DEMO 1: STATA dataset

  

·        DEMO 2: (PDF) SOLUTION AND SIMULATION OF SIMPLE MODEL OF OLIGOPOLY COMPETITION WITH ENDOGENOUS ENTRY

 

·         DEMO 2: GAUSS code

 

·        DEMO 3: (PDF) NESTED PSEUDO LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION OF STATIC GAME OF MARKET ENTRY

 

·         DEMO 3: GAUSS code

·         DEMO 3: DATA SET IN GAUSS FORMAT  (.dat)

·         DEMO 3: DATA SET IN GAUSS FORMAT  (.dht)

·         DEMO 3: DATA SET IN STATA FORMAT  (.dta)

 

·        DEMO 4: (PDF) ESTIMATION DYNAMIC DISCRETE CHOICE MODEL: RUST’s BUS REPLACEMENT MODEL

 

·         DEMO 4: GAUSS code

·         DEMO 4: RUST’s BUS ENGINE DATA. GAUSS FORMAT  (.dat)

·         DEMO 4: RUST’s BUS ENGINE DATA. GAUSS FORMAT  (.dht)

·         DEMO 4: RUST’s BUS ENGINE DATA. STATA FORMAT  (.dta)

 

·        DEMO 5: (PDF) SOLUTION, SIMULATION, AND ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC GAME OF MARKET ENTRY-EXIT

·         DEMO 5: GAUSS code

 

 

  6.     ADDITIONAL MATERIAL / PROBLEMS AND PREVIOUS EXAMS

·        Sample of Problems

·        Problem Set - 2008

·        Problem Set – 2010: Static Entry Models        Stata Datafile for Problem Set #1

·        Final Exam - 2007

·        Final Exam - 2008

·        Final Exam - 2010