Advanced Short Course 2
Advanced Short Course on Econometric Techniques for Competition Analysis
(3.5 a.h.¹)
Outline of Course Contents
1.5 hours: Empirical Approached to Causal Inference
- Panel data, Instrumental Variables, Difference-in-Differences, Randomized Control Trials
- STATA sessions and applications related to competition and regulation
1.5 hours: Demand Estimation and Merger Simulations
- Discrete choice models for estimating demand and market power in differentiated product markets (Logit, Nested Logit, Random Coefficients Model)
- STATA and Matlab sessions and applications using the Nested Logit and the Random Coefficients Model for calculating elasticities and merger simulations
¹ a.h. = academic hour (50 minutes)