Industrial Organization

3 credits · Undergraduate

The course provides an overview of the organization of production. Market structure, firm conduct, and performance affect each other in complex ways; the degree of horizontal and vertical integration affects the ability to set prices, for example. Governments regulate firms in order to reduce socially harmful anticompetitive behaviour. CALENDAR NOTES: Approved with Canadian Studies. PREREQUISITES: ECON 2200.03 (or ECON 2210.03 or ECON 2220.03) with minimum grade of C FORMATS: Lecture