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ECON224
Antitrust Economics: Regulations by the Market
ECON224 FA
Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 30 0 30
Next Offered in 9899 FA
The preservation of competitive rivalry in the United States
economy. 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.
Some attention given to deregulation of industries such as
airlines and transport in the past 15 years.
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: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS ECON
Prerequisites:
ECON105 or ECON111 and ECON112
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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