ECON 660 - Industrial Organization

Units: 4
Game-theoretic and empirical models of entry and exit, strategic competition between firms, including the models of Cournot, Bertrand, Stackelberg, Hotelling, and Salop. Research and development and adoption of new technologies.

Prerequisites: Post-baccalaureate standing.
Equivalent Quarter Course: ECON 6520.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Critically assess the efficacy of current industrial policy using microeconomic theory.
Explain the costs and benefits of regulation and antitrust policy.
Effectively communicate the structure, conduct, performance paradigm and its shortcomings and extensions.
Apply critical thinking to analyze strategic behavior in industry.