John Asker, Stern School of Business, New York University

Teaching Material

PhD Industrial Organisation, Fall 2009

Provisional Syllabus and Outline

Course Notes on Demand Estimation
Problem Set 1 (on Demand Estimation)
Main dataset for problem set
Demographic Data
The instruments I refer to in part 2 of the problem set

Problem Set 2 (on Auction Estimation)
Dataset for problem set

Provisional Course Notes on Auctions (these will be updated soon)

Reading list for last two classes:

  • Ackerberg, Dan. .Empirically Distinguishing Informative and Prestige Effects of Advertising., RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 2001. pp100-118 [Get from JSTOR]
  • Benkard, Lanier, "Learning and Forgetting: The Dynamics of Aircraft Production", American Economic Review, 90:4, Sep 2000, 1034-1054 Download
  • Goolsbee, Austan and Chad Syverson, "How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines," Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming Download
  • Ginger Jin & Phillip Leslie (2003): "The Effect of Information on Product Quality: Evidence from Restaurant Hygiene Grade Cards," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(2), 409-51. Download
  • Gentzkow, Matthew and Jesse Shapiro, "What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers" Working Paper, Chicago GSB. Download
  • Goldberg, Penny, "Dealer Price Discrimination in New Car Purchases: Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey", Journal of Political Economy, Jun. 1996, pp. 622-54. [Get from JSTOR]

    • Selected MBA Courses

    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Summer 2008: Provisional Syllabus and Outline
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Summer 2008: Final Exam
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Fall 2007: Provisional Syllabus and Outline
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Fall 2007: Final Exam (with acknowledgements to David Madden)
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Fall 2007: Midterm Exam
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Summer 2007: Provisional Syllabus and Outline
    MBA Managerial Economics, M.B.S. Sept - Nov 2006: Final Exam
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Spring 2005: Syllabus
    MBA Firms and Markets, N.Y.U. Spring 2005: Final Exam (with acknowlegements to Lanier Benkard and Phil Leslie)



    Research Seminars at NYU:

    IO Seminar
    Friday NASS Seminar
    Applied Micro
    Econometrics
    Theory
    Marketing
    Finance
    Management

    (If you are a PhD student, regularly attending a seminar series in which you think you might do research is an integral part of transitioning into being a producer of quality research. Seminars expose you to the frontier of research in your field and also give you an idea of the faculty working in your area.)