Friday, August 15, 2008

H2: Real useful YouTube videos on market structure diagrams!

Richard McKenzie (author of Microeconomics for MBAs) made several YouTube videos on market structures, especially explaining the important diagrams in your lecture notes. If you’re unsure of any diagram, do watch the appropriate YouTube video below. During term time, it’s best to watch the specific video you need as all the videos together take about 1 hour. Make sure you draw along with the video to practise.

Perfect competition Part 1 [9:33]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLK3emHpkdk
Perfect competition Part 2 [5:21]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlLbPNZDkDQ

Monopoly Part 1 [6:38]
Monopoly Part 3 (Comparing monopoly and perfect competition) [7:38]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqN3Ok6PhfM
1st degree price discrimination [7:34]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T9TN3OuTjc
3rd degree price discrimination [7:57]

Monopolistic competition [4:36]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlpo4F6MdbM

To add to the fun, I've also made my own Scratch animation on how a monopolist maximises profit (MR=MC):
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/MrHueAtAJC/241703
[Click green flag to restart!]


Enjoy!