Economics | Industrial Organization and Control (3 cr.)
E585 | --
P: consent of instructor. Analysis of interrelated structure, behavior, and performance in industrial markets and multimarket corporations; multidimensional nature of competitive processes. Public controls. Topics include patterns of oligopoly, vertical integration, entry barriers, "cartelized" coalescence, limit pricing, price discrimination, long-term contracts, capacity expansion and utilization, resource reallocation and innovation.