Detailed schedule and material

The password for Zoom meetings and to access material can be found on Moodle.

• February 25: Introduction - Part 1

  • Recommended readings: Chapter 2 of Scotchmer, Chapter 1 of Shapiro and Varian, Goldfarb and Tucker (2019)

  • Lecture slides, Recording

  • Required video: An App Called Napster - System Shock Ep. 1

• March 04: Introduction - Part 2

  • Recommended readings: Waldfogel (2017)

  • Lecture slides, Recording

  • Required video: The Music Industry Strikes Back - System Shock Ep. 2

• March 11: Introduction - Part 3

  • Recommended readings: Peukert (2019)

  • Lecture slides, Recording

  • Required video: The Music Plays On…Demand - System Shock Ep. 3

• March 18: Introduction - Part 4

  • Recommended readings: Eshraghian (2020)

  • Lecture slides

  • Required videos: What are network effects? & Platform economics - An introduction