Course Description
Focuses on understanding and analyzing the rationales, mechanisms, and outcomes of policies that affect consumer well-being, including regulations that impact quality or price, information disclosure, and standards in a variety of fields, including financial services, housing, food and drugs, health, and other markets.
Athena Title
Consumer Policy Analysis
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Apply microeconomic, behavioral, economic, and social science concepts to analyze the mechanisms and outcomes of consumer policies and regulations. Understand historical and institutional perspectives that have led to or limited the scope of consumer policy.
Topical Outline
Overview of primary initiatives leading to consumer policies and regulations that are the focus in the course. Overview of microeconomic, behavioral, economic, and social sciences concepts to be used to analyze consumer policies and regulations. Overview of policy analysis tools to be used to analyze consumer policies and regulations. Analysis of identified consumer policies and regulations.