Quizzes

To be clear, the quiz for the week to come will be on the Morris book. The theory of the firm readings will be for the quiz for the class after that, all of them together.

a' la carte for cable?

Rumors!: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/27/cable-idUSS1E78K05L20110927

The economics of groupon

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/09/26/notes-on-groupon/

For anyone following Netflix

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/business/media/netflix-secures-streaming-deal-with-dreamworks.html?_r=1&hp

Good paper on radio stations

http://econ.duke.edu/~atsweet/SWEETING_MEfinal.pdf

Just view the abstract, the rest is optional.

A new diamonds story

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/07c85cbc-debf-11e0-a228-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Yjq8rsMD

More views on Netflix

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/09/netflixs-gamble-ctd2.html

Reasons for dividing

Good post from a theorist at Northwestern:

http://cheaptalk.org/2011/09/21/two-reasons-to-divide-that-dont-apply-to-netflix/

Antitrust piece

Maybe this isn't quite economics, but it gives an alternative and somewhat scary perspective on antitrust law:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1d923292-e0b9-11e0-947a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Y6zwotOC

US authorities are using a little-known immigration provision to secure guilty pleas by foreign businessmen in antitrust cases, a move defence lawyers say unfairly presses non-US executives into co-operating with investigations.

The tactic is likely to be brought to bear in the ongoing US and UK investigation into alleged collusion in the setting of the London and Tokyo interbank markets, which has ensnared US, European and Japanese banks and their employees. No individuals have been charged with any wrongdoing.

Two good analyses of the Netflix move

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/the-qwikster-and-the-dead/245303/

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/09/19/with-all-due-respect-to-reed-hastings-the-netflix-qwikster-split-sucks-for-customers/

Is it so stupid? Read this

http://kottke.org/11/09/netflix-explodes-into-two-companies

Google before the antitrust authorities

Read more here

Tirole chapter

One source tells me the chapter on predation is not on reserve, I will look into it, if you know more please make a note in the comments.

Update: I am told this is now on electronic reserve.

AT&T tries to save the deal

The story is here

The silent run on European banks

Some details here.

An interesting take on the federal guidelines behind the cell phone case

Read it here.

Email I received

"Dear Prof. Tyler Cowen,

Electronic Reserve for: ECON 844 - Section 001 - Fall 2011

Your password is: industry

Do not use spaces or caps for passwords.

Please inform you students of this information, as they will need the above password when accessing your reserves material"

A minor antitrust victory for Google

Here, and a brief survey of antitrust under Obama, here.