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Class Detail:
FA 2009 Economics ECON 431 - Industrial Organization and Performance Section 001
Credits:	3
Waitlist Capacity:	unlimited
Enforced Prerequisites:	ECON 401 with a grade of at least C-; or Graduate standing.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Rackham Information:	Rackham credit requires additional work.
Primary Instructor:	Fan,Ying
	(real time availability for all sections)

This is a course on the theory of industrial organization. The key questions of this field include: How do the ways in which a market is organized affect firms' behavior? How does the behavior of firms affect the structure of markets and market outcomes? Our primary approach to addressing these questions will be analysis of formal theoretical models. Course assignments will include problem sets, a midterm and a final exam. The waitlist is managed according to standard departmental practice.

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)

Note:	The textbook that we will use is "Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach" by Jeffrey Church and Roger Ware. This textbook can be downloaded from http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~jrchurch/page4/page5/files/PostedIOSA.pdf