The topics covered include:
1) Estimation of cost functions
2) Computing the cost of capital: an application to State aid
3) Methods for identification
4) Demand estimation: discrete choice
5) Inter-industry studies of conduct and performance
6) Identification of single firm conduct
7) Coordinated behaviour: methods for identification and measurement of market power (with replication: Steen & Roeller, cement cartel, AER)
8) Market structure, price and entry
9) Sunk cost and market structures
10) Empirical analysis of mergers: efficiency vs market power, identification of Type I and Type II errors
11) Advertising and promotion as a strategic tool: an illustration with the pharmaceutical industry
12) Forensic economics: construction and estimation of the counterfactual
13) World duopoly: estimating the effect of Airbus' entry
14) Investment specificity, demand fluctuations, and market structure