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This document provides comprehensive notes for EC3099 Industrial Economics, Units J and K, covering entry models and strategic entry deterrence. It begins with a review of dynamic games, Nash equilibrium, and subgame-perfect equilibrium, illustrated with the classic entry game. The notes then analyze free entry in Cournot models with fixed costs, showing the welfare trade-off between lower prices and excessive duplication of fixed costs. Extensions explore network effects and the coordination pr...

This document presents exam-focused notes for EC3099 Industrial Economics, Units H and I, covering static competition models rooted in game theory. It begins with a review of game theory fundamentals, including players, strategies, payoffs, and Nash equilibrium (both pure and mixed strategies). The Cournot competition model is developed in detail, with examples for duopolies and n-firm settings, reaction functions, equilibrium derivations, and welfare implications. The Bertrand model is introduc...

This document provides structured notes for EC3099 Industrial Economics, Units F and G, covering the theory and practice of price discrimination. It explains the necessary conditions, economic motivation, and types of discrimination (first-, second-, and third-degree) alongside real-world examples such as student discounts, subscription tiers, auctions, and airline pricing. Mathematical derivations, welfare effects, and optimal pricing rules are clearly presented, with extensions into two-part t...

This document provides detailed, exam-ready notes for EC3099 Industrial Economics, focusing on Units D and E. It covers the foundations of industrial organization, including the relationship between competition, market structure, and welfare, as well as the role of competition policy and regulation. Key models such as the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm, perfect competition, contestable markets, and monopoly pricing are explained with formulas, diagrams, and welfare analysis. The notes al...

A summary of 'Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives summary' by John C. Hull with focus on the UoL LSE Derivatives and Risk Management syllabus. A handy cheat sheet is included at the end. Save yourself the time of having to sift through the textbook- It is done very concisely here in this document with example questions and answers for each topic. Contents include: Financial Derivatives Overview FTAP Binomial Tree Model Black-Scholes Formula The Greeks in Risk Management Forwar...

A very brief summary of EC2020 chapters 3 to 15. It is a straight-to-the-point summary that includes all the relevant formulae and terminology. It explains briefly all of the different testing procedures e.g. tests for heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation. GM assumptions are also included. Contact me for more in-depth notes please.

This document has all the relevant formulae for FN1202 put together in one small document as well as summaries of the financial models and theories (CAPM, Gordon Growth Model, Dividend Discount Model, WACC and Modigliani-Miller Theorem). It also includes all the relevant terminology and their definitions (25+ terms) e.g. Cash Ratio, Inventory Turnover, asset turnover P/E ratio and so on. For reference- I achieved 92% for this course