Instructor:
Jan de Loecker (KU Leuven)
Dates: 8-12 September 2025
Hours: 9:30 to 13:00 CEST
Format: In person
Practical Classes
There will be between two and three voluntary sessions in the afternoon (from 15:00 to 17:00) led by a teaching assistant. Exact dates will be announced before the beginning of the course.
Intended for
Academics, researchers, practitioners, and graduate students interested in industrial organization and firm performance.
Prerequisites
First-year Master or PhD level in econometrics and microeconomics.
Overview
The objective of this course is to introduce the main questions and methodologies in the analysis of firm performance from the point of view of the Industrial Organization literature. Participants will learn how to critically evaluate empirical work in Industrial Organization, and related fields studying firm performance (such as trade, macro, and development economics) and develop tools for research. The empirical work covered will typically have a close tie to a theoretical model. The basic structure of the course will involve presentation and discussion of papers that should be read in advance. Problem sets will be made available to implement the estimation routines and analysis presented during the lectures.
Topics
Dates: 8-12 September 2025
Hours: 9:30 to 13:00 CEST
Format: In person
Practical Classes
There will be between two and three voluntary sessions in the afternoon (from 15:00 to 17:00) led by a teaching assistant. Exact dates will be announced before the beginning of the course.
Intended for
Academics, researchers, practitioners, and graduate students interested in industrial organization and firm performance.
Prerequisites
First-year Master or PhD level in econometrics and microeconomics.
Overview
The objective of this course is to introduce the main questions and methodologies in the analysis of firm performance from the point of view of the Industrial Organization literature. Participants will learn how to critically evaluate empirical work in Industrial Organization, and related fields studying firm performance (such as trade, macro, and development economics) and develop tools for research. The empirical work covered will typically have a close tie to a theoretical model. The basic structure of the course will involve presentation and discussion of papers that should be read in advance. Problem sets will be made available to implement the estimation routines and analysis presented during the lectures.
Topics
- Cost and production: An IO perspective
- Production Analysis: Estimating production functions
- An empirical framework to study market power
- Market power and pass-through
- Market power and misallocation
- Professor: Jan De Loecker