ECON3820 – Strategic Competition
Course description
Course content
This course is equivalent with ECON4820 – Strategic Competition
The course provides an overview of theories of oligopolistic markets and teaches the students how to analyse and apply the major (game theoretic) models of strategic interaction in imperfectly competitive markets.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
You should know
- short-run competition, including price competition and quantity competition
- dynamic competition, including tacit collusion
- product differentiation
- advertising
- entry deterrence and entry accommodation
- static competition under asymmetric information
- entry deterrence under asymmetric information
- incentives for research and development under imperfect competition
- mergers, including merger policy
- the relationship between producers and retailers under imperfect competition
- some basic game theory needed to address the above-mentioned topics
Skills
You should be able to
- obtain analytical skills related to the modeling of imperfect competition
- represent topical issues related to imperfect competition, including competition-policy cases, in terms of simple models of imperfect competition
- solve these simple models and deduce their implications
Competence
You should
- be able to read and understand project reports and journal articles that make use of the concepts and methods that are introduced in the course
- be able to make use of the course content in your own academic work, for example in analyses that are part of the master’s thesis
Admission to the course
Students at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
You can not attend this course if you have already passed specific ECON-courses at a higher level.
This course is not available for single course students.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
- ECON3220 – Microeconomics 3 / ECON4220 – Microeconomics 3, or equivalent.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with ECON4820 – Strategic Competition.
- 10 credits overlap with ECON535.
- 10 credits overlap with S?K535.
- 10 credits overlap with SO?535.
Teaching
Lectures and seminars.
The lectures and seminars will combine discussion of literature and exercises.
At the start of the semester, the course reponsible can update the syllabus list by replacing up to 3 articles, without the scope and thematic content of the syllabus changing significantly.
The syllabus also includes any lecture notes that are made available during the semester.
Examination
A 3-hour written school exam.
Previous exams and examiner guidelines
Exam papers with comments from examiner
Examination support material
Usage of a dictionary during the examination is allowed, subject to prior inspection by SV-info.?See guidelines for further details.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
If you are sick or have another valid reason for not attending the regular exam, we offer a postponed exam later in the same semester.
See further information about resitting an exam.
Students who wish to take the exam again in a later semester are not guaranteed that the course will be given with the same content and syllabus, or that the form of assessment will be the same.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.