ECON 341 - Industrial Organization

Prerequisite: ECON 101. Industrial Organization studies market structure, firm strategy, and market performance. The course covers multiple topics, including but not limited to: strategic interactions among firms, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust and monopoly behavior, price discrimination, advertising, innovation, planned obsolescence, innovation, and cartels. The course will utilize the theoretical foundations of these behaviors as well as study their actual implementations.