(1) Introduction: the SCP paradigm, overview of the main concepts of Political Economy (production and costs, demand, revenue, elasticity and profit maximization),
(2) Theory of the firm: neoclassical theory, perfect competition, monopoly, efficiency and welfare, monopolist competition, critical to the neoclassical model, developments of the theory of the firm, cooperative and non-cooperative oligopoly;
(3) Elements of market structure: scale economies, barriers to entries, market concentration;
(4) Recent development: positioning of products, strategic behaviors, price discrimination;
(5) Industrial policies: public industrial policies, antitrust.