• Week 1

  Discuss the syllabus and class policy, NYT Article
  Introduction -- What is a firm? The theory of the firm (Chapter 1)
  

   

• Week 2

  Monopoly (Chapter 2)
  

• Week 3

  Price Discrimination (Chapter 2 cont'd)
  

• Week 4

  Noncooperative Game theory (Chapter 3)
  

• Week 5

  Oligopoly (Chapter 4)
  

• Week 6

  Presentations
  

• Week 7

  OFF

• Week 8

  Midterm Exam

• Week 9

  Product Differentiation (Chapter 5)

• Week 10

  Product Differentiation

• Week 11

  Entry and Exit (Chapter 6)

• Week 12

  R & D (Chapter 7)

• Week 13

  R&D
  Presentations
  

   

• Week 14
  Presentations

• FINAL EXAM

  April 15, @ 9am