The calendar is organized around particular online business and the economic principles that help us understand or analyze that business. Basically, what have economists said about these online businesses?
| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2–3 | Review | |
| 4 | Entry, Market Structure, and Concentration | |
| 5 | Online Auctions | Pset 1 due |
| 6 | eBay: Growth and Changes Over Time | |
| 7 | The Shift Away from Auctions | |
| 8 | The Economics of Group Purchasing | |
| 9 | Price Search | Pset 2 due |
| 10 | Search and Obfuscation on the Internet | |
| 11 | In-class Midterm Exam | |
| 12 | Extremely High Search Costs and the Internet | |
| 13 | E-retail | |
| 14 | Price Discrimination | |
| 15 | Sales Tax and E-commerce | Pset 3 due |
| 16 | Search Advertising and Sponsored Links | |
| 17 | Auction Types and Settings | |
| 18 | Banner and Display Advertising Online | |
| 19 | Alibaba and Corporate Governance | Pset 4 due |
| 20 | In-class Final Exam | |
| 21 | TBD | |
| 22–23 | No class. Required office hours. (This will give you more time to work on your projects.) | |
| 24 | Presentations | Final paper due |
| 25 | Presentations (cont.) | |
| 26 | Presentations (cont.) | |
| 27 | Presentations (cont.) |