Course Description

Economics 165F/G Industrial Organization

This course is concerned with monopoly power: how it is measured, how it arises, its effects, and what might be done about it. Topics covered will include industrial concentration, barriers to entry, theories of imperfect competition, foreign ownership, advertising, innovation, discrimination, regulation, and Canadian Competition Policy.

Antirequisite: Economics 357a/b, 364a/b, 365a/b.

Prerequisite: Economics 151a/b.

3 lecture hours, half course.

(Huron, King's)

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