| Course ID: | ECON 8210. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Industrial Economics I |
Course
Description: | The structure, conduct, and performance of suppliers and customers in product and geographic markets. Topics treated include recent industry studies, consequences of technological change, the role of property rights and transactions costs, and federal and state public utility and antitrust regulations. |
| Oasis Title: | INDUSTRIAL ECON I |
| Prerequisite: | ECON 8010 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | In this course, students will develop an understanding of the structure, conduct, and
performance of suppliers and customers in product and geographic markets. |
| Topical Outline: | Introduction
The Firm and Costs
Competition
Monopolies, Monopsonies, and Dominant Firms
Cartels: Oligopoly Joint Decision Making
Noncooperative Oligopoly
Product Differentiation and Monopolistic Competition
Industry Structure and Performance
Price Discrimination
Advanced Topics in Pricing
Strategic Behavior
Vertical Integration and Vertical Restrictions
Information
Advertising and Disclosure
Decision Making Over Time: Durability
Patents and Technological Change
How Markets Clear: Theory and Facts
International Trade
Antitrust Laws and Policy
Regulation and Deregulation |