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ECON 455

Industrial Organization

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB
Standard

Overview

Description

Interrelationships between industrial structure, conduct and performance. Implications for public policy with an emphasis on antitrust law.

Requirements

Prerequisites

ECON 102ECON 103ECON 302
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): ECON 102; ECON 103; ECON 302.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

Terms

fall

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • explain the differences between the structure-conduct-performance, Chicago School, and New Industrial Organization approaches to Industrial Organization.
  • apply basic game theoretic models to examine firm conduct and explain the consequences for consumer and producer welfare.
  • identify various non-price strategies used by firms and explain the consequences for consumer and producer welfare.
  • analyze the economic consequences for firms and consumers of imperfect information and identify public policy strategies to mitigate these conseuences.
  • use economic theory to demonstrate and describe how advertising may have a positive or negative economic effect and identify the circumstances determining these effects.