Industrial Organization & Antitrust Economics Certification

The Industrial Organization & Antitrust Economics Certification is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests industrial organisation and antitrust economics — market structure from perfect competition to monopoly, market power and the Lerner index, concentration and the HHI, oligopoly models of Cournot, Bertrand and Stackelberg, collusion and cartels, price discrimination, entry barriers and limit pricing, vertical integration and restraints, network effects and two-sided platforms, market definition and the SSNIP test, the Sherman Act, Clayton Act and EU Articles 101 and 102, the 2023 US Merger Guidelines, unilateral and coordinated effects, abuse of dominance, digital markets regulation including the EU DMA, and remedies — written to DOJ, FTC, European Commission, CMA, OECD and Tirole sources for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Industrial Organization & Antitrust Economics certificate (SOA-IOAE). Every question is based on published standards and research — including The Theory of Industrial Organization (Jean Tirole (MIT Press)), 2023 Merger Guidelines (US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission), Competition policy: antitrust, mergers and state aid (European Commission) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Industrial Organization & Antitrust Economics Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests market structure and power, oligopoly and strategy, vertical relations and platforms, antitrust law and mergers and remedies and digital markets with 25 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Industrial Organization & Antitrust Economics certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: The Theory of Industrial Organization (Jean Tirole (MIT Press)); 2023 Merger Guidelines (US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission); Competition policy: antitrust, mergers and state aid (European Commission); Principles of Microeconomics 3e (OpenStax (Rice University)); Antitrust Division: antitrust laws and guidance (US Department of Justice); Platform Competition in Two-Sided Markets (Rochet & Tirole, JEEA 2003) (Journal of the European Economic Association, Oxford Academic). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Market Structure and Power (Structures, Market power and Concentration); Oligopoly and Strategy (Oligopoly models, Collusion and Pricing strategy); Vertical Relations and Platforms (Vertical integration, Restraints and Platforms); Antitrust Law and Mergers (Legal framework, Market definition and Merger review); Remedies and Digital Markets (Remedies, Digital regulation and Policy debates). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Economics graduate student, Competition or antitrust lawyer, Economic consultant, Competition authority analyst and Corporate strategy or M&A professional. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of Industrial Organization & Antitrust Economics knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

Math, stats and economics majors are drawn to sports analytics, social-good data work and geospatial science. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

The Herfindahl–Hirschman Index sums the squared market shares of all firms; the 2023 US Merger Guidelines treat markets above 1,800 as highly concentrated and a merger raising HHI by over 100 there as presumptively harmful.

The hypothetical monopolist test asks whether a profit-maximising monopolist of a candidate market could profitably impose a small but significant non-transitory increase in price (often 5%); if so, that set of products is a relevant market.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.