Strategic Market Behaviour and Government Regulation - ECON6301

 
Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School:  School of Economics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.economics.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite or corequisite: ECON6001
 
 
Equivalent: ECON4102
 
 
Fee Band: 3 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Topics covered will be from amongst the following. Theory of the firm, production costs, monopoly, dominant and fringe firms, cartels, oligopoly and monopolistic competition, differentiated products, regulation, advertising, horizontal and vertical integration, strategic behaviour by firms, and R &D. Both theoretical and empirical results will be covered in the course.