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• Lecture 1 (Wednesday, August 23):
  • "So Long Supply and Demand": PowerPoint presentation
• Lecture 2 (Monday, August 28):
  • Firms with Market Power: Lecture notes
• Lecture 3 (Wednesday, August 30):
  • Information as a Commodity: PowerPoint presentation
  • Information as a Commodity: Lecture notes
• Lecture 4 (Wednesday, September 6):
  • Cases: Stephen King (books) and Metallica (music)
• Lecture 5 (Monday, September 11):
  • More on Stephen King and Metallica
• Lecture 6 (Wednesday, September 13):
  • Information as an Experience Good: PowerPoint presentation
• Lecture 7 (Monday, September 18):
  • Economies of Scale in Information Markets: PowerPoint presentation
• Lecture 8 (Wednesday, September 20):
  • Price Discrimination: Lecture Notes
• Lecture 9 (Monday, September 25):
  • Pricing of Information with Advertising: Lecture notes
• Lecture 10 (Wednesday, September 27):
  • Price Discrimination on the Internet: Lecture notes
• Lecture 11 (Monday, October 2):
  • Patents and Copyrights: Lecture notes
• Lecture 12 (Wednesday, October 4):
  • Discussion of current intellectual property issues
• Lecture 13 (Monday, October 9):
  • Economic analysis of patent/copyright policy
• Lecture 14 (Wednesday, October 11):
  • Bundling and Two-Part Tariffs: Introductory transparencies
• Lecture 15 (Monday, October 16):
  • First Lecture on Auctions: Lecture Notes
• Lecture 16 (Wednesday, October 18):
  • Midterm Exam
• Lectures 17 & 18 (Monday & Wednesday, October 23 & 25):
  • Strategies for Bidding in Auctions: Lecture Notes
  • Results of Our In-Class Auctions
  • Results from the Evening Econ 511 Auctions
  • Bid Analyzer Excel Spreadsheet
• Lectures 19 & 20 (Monday & Wednesday, October 30 & November 1):
  • Auctions on the Internet: Lecture Notes
    
• Lecture 21 (Monday, November 6):
  • Selling at a Posted Price: Lecture Notes
• Lecture 22 (Wednesday, November 8):
  • Intermediation and the Internet: Lecture Notes
• Lecture 23 (Wednesday, November 15):
  • More on Intermediation and the Internet: Lecture Notes
• Lecture 24 (Monday, November 20):
  • Intermediation and the Internet: Personal Computer and Grocery Retailing Lecture Notes
• Lecture 25 (Wednesday, November 22):
  • Intermediation on the Internet: The Real Estate and Logistics Markets Lecture Notes
    
• Lecture 26 (Monday, November 27):
  • Jewelry e-Tailing; The Life Cycle of Industries Lecture Notes
    
• Lecture 27 (Wednesday, November 29):
  • The Economics of Networks Lecture Notes
    

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