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ECON 4150 - Economics of Government Regulation and Firm Strategy

Examine regulations related to the environment, intellectual property rights, healthcare, and antitrust. Examine the interaction between regulatory policies and how businesses respond to them with respect to innovation, production, and pricing. Some of the industries and markets examined to highlight the regulatory policy issues include automobiles, information technology, telecommunications and media, healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, retail sector, high-speed rail, and taxi and ridesharing.

 

Prerequisite: ECON 1200  or INQR 1200 ; or permission of instructor.

When Offered: AVAILABILITY OF INSTRUCTOR

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 4


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