ECON 356 - Government and Business (Put on reserve 9/16/16)

Description:
The development and current status of relations between the U.S. government and business firms. Government regulation of competition and monopoly; subsidies and public enterprise. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2013. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: ECON 201.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify market inefficiencies that have the potential for improvement via governmental regulation.
Identify inefficiencies and other limitations of the regulation of markets by government.
Identify market inefficiencies that have the potential for improvement via the application of antitrust law.
Identify inefficiencies and other limitations of using antitrust laws to limit monopoly power.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/21/10