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ECON 445 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy

This course analyzes the structure of markets and how firms compete in them. The emphasis is on oligopoly markets and the use of game theory. The course focuses on differentiated goods, price discrimination, barriers to entry, vertical relationships, advertising, strategic behaviour, and empirical industrial organization including the estimation of demand and costs. Applications to competition policy emphasizing the evaluation of horizontal mergers are presented as well.

Prerequisites

ECON323, ECON391; Honours students or Economic majors

Corequisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Offerings

Winter 2024 [1241]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	8482	15 / 50	11:30 - 12:50	T,Th

Fall 2015 [1159]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	8924	1 / 1

Fall 2013 [1139]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	8259	1 / 1

Fall 2012 [1129]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	8360	0 / 1

Spring 2011 [1115]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	2231	0 / 40

Spring 2010 [1105]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	2758	56 / 40	11:30 - 12:50	T,Th	HH 1106	Anindya Sen

Spring 2009 [1095]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	2307	47 / 40	11:30 - 12:50	T,Th	HH 280	Anindya Sen

Spring 2008 [1085]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	4117	42 / 40	11:30 - 12:50	T,Th	RCH 309	Anindya Sen

Winter 2007 [1071]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	1398	19 / 25	10:00 - 11:20	T,Th	CPH 3386	Stanley W Kardasz

Fall 2006 [1069]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	5772	1 / 1

Winter 2006 [1061]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	1400	7 / 25	10:00 - 11:20	T,Th,P,A,S		Stanley W Kardasz

Winter 2005 [1051]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	1402	20 / 25	13:00 - 14:20	T,Th,M,C		Stanley W Kardasz

Winter 2004 [1041]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	1404	9 / 25	13:00 - 14:20	T,Th,P,H,Y		Stanley W Kardasz

Winter 2003 [1031]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	2042	21 / 25	13:00 - 14:20	T,Th,R,C,H		Stanley W Kardasz

Winter 2002 [1021]

Section	Class	Enrolled	Time	Days	Location	Instructor
LEC 001	1480	10 / 25	13:00 - 14:20	T,Th,A,L		Stanley W Kardasz