Course ID: | ECON 4350/6350. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Industrial Economics |
Course Description: | Firms' performances and conduct toward rival firms, suppliers, and customers under different market structures, including perfect competition and monopoly. The rationale and consequences of antitrust regulation and other public policies. |
Oasis Title: | INDUSTRIAL ECON |
Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | The class analyzes firms' performance and conduct toward rival firms, suppliers,
and customers under different market structures, including perfect competition and
monopoly. Pricing choices and strategic behavior are studied, as are the rationale
and consequences of antitrust regulation and other public policies. |
Topical Outline: | Overview
The Firm and Costs
Competition
Monopoly
Monopsony
Dominant Firm
Cartels
Non-Cooperative Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Industry Structure and Performance
Price Discrimination
Advanced Topics in Pricing
Strategic Behavior
Vertical Integration
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