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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > 2012-2013 Course Listing > Industry Structure, Strategy, and Public Policy
BGP-201: Industry Structure, Strategy, and Public Policy
Faculty: F. M. Scherer
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 1/28 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM | L382 |
| Review |
Description
Provides a systematic economic and historical framework for evaluating industrial policies such as agricultural crop price supports, international dumping and subsidy rules, energy policy, technology policy, competition policy (antitrust), public regulation, and corporate bailouts. It proceeds through a series of 10 industry case studies, in order: agriculture, crude petroleum, petroleum refining, steel, integrated circuits, computers, the Internet, automobiles, pharmaceuticals (domestic and international), and beer. Grading will be on the basis of two short “policy papers” and a final examination. A longer industry study can be substituted for the final exam.
Also offered by the Economics Department as Ec 2620. Enrollment limited to 30 students with undergraduates and Kennedy School students given equal priority.