14.270
Economics of Digitization
Uses theoretical economic models and empirical evidence to help understand the past and likely future impacts that digitization has had on legacy markets and institutions. These models help frame class discussions on e-commerce, search, online advertising, traditional and social media, privacy, platform design, and distance learning, among other topics. Students complete a project, and those taking the graduate version have additional assignments.
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with 14.27 Prereq: 14.01 and ( 6.3700 or 14.30 ) G (Spring) 4-0-8 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027