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Savage, Scott James

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  • I use empirical methods to answer questions in industrial organization I am currently studying consumer preferences, competition and pricing in broadband, computer and smartphone markets.

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  • Industrial Organization, Telecommunications, Economic Education

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  • ECON 4070 - Topics in Microeconomics
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
    Studies utility maximization under uncertainty, risk, game theory, moral hazard, and adverse selection. Applications include insurance markets and the theory of contracts.
  • ECON 4697 - Industrial Organization and Regulation
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
    Explores neoclassical theory of the firm, the determinants of industrial structure, and the purposes and institutions of public policy to control or maintain a competitive environment.
  • ECON 8757 - Industrial Organization 2
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2024
    This course introduces the fundamental quantitative and econometric methods required for empirical research in industrial organization. The emphasis is on using theory to construct testable hypotheses and specifying empirical models for estimating structural parameters. Topics include differentiated products, market power, collusion, merger analysis and regulation. The course can be taken independently or in conjunction with 8747 to make a two-semester sequence in industrial organization.
  • TLEN 5010 - Network Economics and Finance I
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018
    Introduces students to the fundamental theoretical framework and tools used by economists to examine decision making under scarcity. Reviews mathematical economics and models. Examines consumer choice and firm supply. These two aspects of the market are brought together to examine how price and output are determined in competitive and imperfectly competitive markets. Introduces financial economics, network effects and public goods. Formerly TLEN 5010.

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