Resource Economics 452 - Industrial Organization
Spring
2022
02
3.00
Manasvini Singh
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
34945
Stockbridge Hall Room 124
manasvinisin@umass.edu
Market structure models with application to various industries. Firm behavioral strategies under different market structures. The role of product differentiation, advertising, market power, mergers, barriers to entry, price and non-price rivalry. Market performance including welfare, costs, and profits. BS Managerial Economics majors can satisfy their Integrative Experience requirement by taking this course plus Res-Econ 394LI and 453.
Open to RES-ECON and MGRECON students. ECON 203 or RES-ECON 202 This section (02) of RES-ECON 452 will follow a different in-class format than section (01). This section will be offered as problem-based group work.
Students who are unable to enroll in this course because all sections are full can submit a RES-ECON waitlist request. The form can be found here: http://www.umass.edu/resec/academics/undergraduate-program/undergraduat…. Once the semester begins, students must contact the instructor to request permission to enroll.