ECON330-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Strategic Behaviour of Firms

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 22 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 7 October 2011

Description

Business strategies and market power. Price discrimination, tie-in sales, quality, durability, predatory pricing, vertical integration and restraints. Information, advertising and disclosure. Network economics.

Prerequisites

ECON 230 or ECON 231 or ECON203 or ECON208.

Course Coordinator

Steven Tucker

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 45%
Quizzes 10%
Mid-Term Test 45%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Church, Jeffrey R. , Ware, Roger; Industrial organization : a strategic approach ; Irwin McGraw Hill, 2000.

Notes

This course is strongly complementary to ECON329 (Industrial Organization and Regulation) and they make a natural package.  The same textbook is used for both courses.  ECON329, however, is not a prerequisite for ECON330.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $630.00

International fee $2,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .

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