Economics and e-commerce

Bachelor's degree

In Maynard (USA)

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Maynard (USA)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course uses theoretical models and empirical studies to help understand the economics behind various internet businesses. We will begin with a discussion of relevant topics from industrial organization (IO) including monopoly pricing, price discrimination, product differentiation, and barriers to entry. The main part of the course will be a discussion of a number of online businesses. In the context of those businesses, we will discuss extensions and applications of the ideas from the first section of the course.

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Maynard (USA)
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Subjects

  • Economics
  • E-commerce

Course programme

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session


Recitations: 1 session / week, 1 hour / session


14.01 Principles of Microeconomics


and either


6.041 Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability


or


14.30 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics


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Economics and e-commerce

Price on request