14.27 | Fall 2014 | Undergraduate

Economics and E-Commerce

Course Description

This course uses theoretical models and empirical studies to help understand the economics behind various internet businesses. We will begin with a discussion of relevant topics from industrial organization (IO) including monopoly pricing, price discrimination, product differentiation, and barriers to entry. The main …
This course uses theoretical models and empirical studies to help understand the economics behind various internet businesses. We will begin with a discussion of relevant topics from industrial organization (IO) including monopoly pricing, price discrimination, product differentiation, and barriers to entry. The main part of the course will be a discussion of a number of online businesses. In the context of those businesses, we will discuss extensions and applications of the ideas from the first section of the course.

Course Info

Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
Exams with Solutions
Lecture Notes
Written Assignments with Examples
A dozen boxes from Amazon.com are stacked up on top of each other on a desk.
A plethora of packages from online retailer, Amazon.com were delivered to an office. (Image courtesy of Public.Resource.org on Flickr. License: CC BY.)