Discussion questions and web links from a course of seminars are provided here to illustrate the teaching case study "Skill Development in Industrial Economics". Bailey introduced assessed small group discussion, both in-class and online, into his course, requiring written answers to these study questions.
This is part of the Industrial Economics site led by David Paton of Nottingham University as part of the TRUE project.
Assessment materials in Industrial Economics
Past exam for N14100 Industrial Economics 2008/09. David Paton, Nottingham University. Released under a Creative Commons licence.
External link
Johan Lagerlof, Royal Holloway, University of London
Industrial Economics is a course webpage produced by Johan Lagerhof of Royal Holloway, University of London. It includes lecture notes, seminar questions and answers on industrial economic and organisation. Includes theories of monopoly, duopoly and oligopoly; competition policy (UK and US); entry deterrence; product differentiation; mergers. Linked to Industrial Economics lectures with core texts: J Church and R Ware 'Industrial Organization' (McGraw-Hill 2000) and M Motta 'Competition Policy' (Cambridge University Press 2004).
Kevin Hinde, Northumbria University
Part of Kevin Hinde's website of economics teaching resources, this page contains a number of short self-assessment exercises here on "Information problems and regulation", "Introduction to industrial economics", "Game theory", "Production and costs", "Monopoly (a diagrammatic approach), and "Monopoly and Oligopoly (a mathematical approach)". JavaScript is used to give detailed feedback.
Michael Pollitt, MIT
From a course delivered in 2003, PDF-format exams and problem sets, mostly including solutions. There are also around two dozen lecture handouts. The materials are online as part of MIT's OpenCourseWare initiative. Creative Commons licensed.
Nancy Rose, MIT
A detailed reading list, exams (with solutions) and assignments are archived on this site as part of MIT OpenCourseWare. The site is from a 2003 undergraduate course looking at industrial organisation from theoretical and applied perspectives.
Bronwyn H Hall, University of California, Berkeley
This a web archived version of nine short pages with essay-style questions from this 1999 "Special Topics in Industrial Organization" course on Economics of Innovation and Technical Change as taught by Bronwyn H. Hall of University of California, Berkeley.
Glenn A Woroch, University of California, Berkeley
This economics lecturer provides reading material and handouts in formats such as jpg, PDF, and Excel. Also available are instructions for writing a long writing assignment. Class materials are archived from 1995 to 2001, and include problem sets and sample exams in various formats. This link is to Archive.org's copy of the site, which has most but not all of the content.
