Office of Career Advancement
The OCA supports students and alumni seeking to develop rewarding professional careers.
Why Harvard Kennedy School?
Find out why Harvard Kennedy School provides a unique experience and education.
Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2008-2009 Course Listing > Markets and Market Failure with Cases
API-105 A: Markets and Market Failure with Cases
Faculty: Joseph Kalt, Erich Muehlegger
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 9/10 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 8:40 AM - 10:00 AM | L130 |
| Review | F | 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM | L130 |
Description
The first half of the course covers skills for predicting market behavior, including supply and demand and the behavior of firms and consumers. The second half examines the rationale for government intervention in markets, including problems of information, monopoly, externalities, and collective or public goods. API-105 covers similar topics to API-101, but uses case discussions as well as lectures. The A section emphasizes market regulation and economic development applications. The B section emphasizes urban applications.
API-105 is intended as an alternative to API-101 for MPAs and for MPP-UPs; regular MPP1 students can substitute the course for API-101 only with the permission of the API-105 instructor. API-105 may not be taken for credit after having taken API-109 or API-111. Also offered by the Graduate School of Design as GSD-5203A & B.