For students:

Industrial Organization

  • What does market power mean, how is it created, and how is it sustained?
  • What does strategic interaction between firms mean?
  • How many cartels are there, and how harmful are they?
  • How do market power and strategic interaction between firms affect market outcomes?
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IO is the analysis of market imperfections and imperfectly competitive markets – meaning most if not all real-world markets. Whether you want to understand how well a market works from the point of consumers, firms, employees or the taxpayer (government), IO tools are indispensable for your analysis. IO blends economic theory, knowledge of institutions and empirical methods to address real world questions that are relevant for business and policy.

If you have any questions or you would like be added to the IO group's email list, please contact Tanja Saxell (tanja.saxell@aalto.fi).

Examples of questions that economists specializing in Industrial Organization (IO) analyze include but are not limited to the following: What does market power mean, how is it created, and how is it sustained? What does strategic interaction between firms mean? How many cartels are there, and how harmful are they? How do market power and strategic interaction between firms affect market outcomes?

For Master's students interested in these topics, here is a list of recommended courses.

PhD Tuesday-seminars and workshops

These seminars/workshops offer our PhD students an opportunity to present their preliminary research ideas as well as ongoing research projects.

If you are a PhD student at GSE and would like to present in the seminar/workshop, please contact Nelli Valmari (nelli.valmari@aalto.fi), who is the organizer of these seminars or Tanja Saxell (tanja.saxell@aalto.fi) who is the organizer of the workshops. Kindly note that it is a good practice to always agree with your supervisor about the possible presentation & its topic before you volunteer to present.

IO seminar

We organize approximately once a month an IO field seminar, with speakers coming typically from abroad. For more information, kindly contact Alina Ozhegova (alina.ozhegova@aalto.fi).

IO reading group

We organize approximately once a month an IO reading group (in the form of a lunch seminar). Kindly contact Markku Siikanen (markku.siikanen@vatt.fi) if you would like to participate in the reading group.

CEPR VIOS Seminar

We organize the broadcasting of the CEPR Virtual IO Seminar, a regular online seminar series on Industrial Organization. More details can be found here: CEPR Virtual IO Seminar (The CEPR Virtual IO Seminar | CEPR). If you have any questions, contact Alina Ozhegova (alina.ozhegova@aalto.fi).

Chair

  • Tanja Saxell

    Post-doc @ Aalto University and Senior Researcher @ VATT

Members

PhD Students

  • Atte Kaljonen

    Aalto University

    Pharmaceuticals and Digital Health: How Data-driven Insights May Reshape the Insulin Market

    • Industrial Organization
    • PhD Reading Group

  • Dirk Czarnitzki

    KU Leuven

    Corporate R&D and the declining research productivity and commercialization success: global evidence

    • Industrial Organization
    • Seminar

  • Atte Kaljonen

    Aalto University

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • PhD Seminar

  • CEPR VIOS SEMINAR

    Jana Gieselmann (University of Edinburgh)

    Broadcasting of an online seminar: (Mis-)Matchmakers

    • Industrial Organization
    • CEPR VIOS Seminar

  • Joakim Wikström

    Aalto University, VATT

    Open Source Software Policy in Industry Equilibrium (with Jeff Gortmaker)

    • Industrial Organization
    • PhD Reading Group

  • Salvatore Piccolo

    University of Bergamo

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • Seminar

  • Martinos Therapontos

    Aalto University

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • PhD Seminar

  • Hung Le

    Aalto University

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • PhD Seminar

  • Hung Le

    Aalto University

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • PhD Reading Group

  • Léa Bignon

    KU Leuven

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • Seminar

  • Yann Delaprez

    University of Chicago

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • Seminar

  • Rodrigo Carril

    Pompeu Fabra University

    The content of this event has not been announced yet. Please check back later.

    • Industrial Organization
    • Seminar