ECON224 - Antitrust Economics: Regulations by the Market

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Academic Year 2000/2001

Antitrust Economics: Regulations by the Market
ECON 224 FA

This course addresses attempts to preserve competitive rivalry in the United States economy. Class discussion centers on examples of governmental intervention through the antitrust statutes (Sherman, Clayton, F.T.C., Robinson-Patman and Cellar-Kefauver acts) on cartels, price-fixing conspiracies, predation, mergers, monopolies, unfair acts and practices, discrimination, and tie-in sales.

MAJOR READINGS

Primarily selected court opinions since 1890.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Written final exam as scheduled by the Registrar. Assignments: Cases assigned daily to be discussed in class. Occasional short papers. Considerable importance to class discussion.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Please note that if you do not match one of the prerequisite listings EXACTLY, then you need a prerequisite override.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: ECON105 OR (ECON111 & ECON112) OR ECON110

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Miller,Richard A.

Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC421

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 35)

SR. major: 20 Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: SO: X FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning, Focused Inquiry Course

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001