Brandeis International Business School

ECON 241A — Antitrust Economics: Regulating Competition

Prerequisites: ECON 80a or ECON 207a.

Studies antitrust economics and economic regulation. The first part of the course will introduce the student to the economics of antitrust and to the economic theories and tools needed to understand and conduct antitrust policy analysis. The second part of the course will focus on economic regulation and introduce the student to the theory and practice of economic regulation involving the basics of natural monopoly regulation as applied to public utilities such as electricity, gas, water and telecommunications. Usually offered every year.
Agustin Ros