ECON 440 - Industrial Organization

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The study of individual markets and how firms behave in those markets. The course will start with a review of firm behavior under perfect competition and monopoly, and will continue with models of firm behavior under oligopoly and monopolistic competition, and strategic interactions between firms in a variety of situations. Antitrust and other aspects of business regulation will be considered. Prerequisite(s): ECON 320; MATH 220 or MATH 230;