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ECON224

Antitrust Economics: Regulations by the Market
ECON224 FA

Not Currently Offered

This course discusses 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 are discussed. Some attention is 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-22-1999




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