| Course Title: Topics in Economics: 'Economics of Shopping: An Introduction to Industrial Organization' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: The economics of shopping is a course that explores how consumers buy goods and how firms get products onto shelves, covering topics such as consumer preferences, store choice, and consumer influence, but also research and development of patents, advertising, distribution, shelf competition, and store location choices. We will look at a variety of industries such as fast fashion and beer and students will perform their own semester long case study. We will apply basic microeconomic concepts and empirical methods and focus on developing economic thinking. This course is an introduction to the field of industrial organization. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Katherine Lande | kschmeis@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | ART - Art | 219 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ECON-110. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EOS0002 | EOS-2: Organizations and Power | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor the Organizations and Power subject area |
| NXGBL0001 | NXGBL: Nexus in Global Business | This course is approved for the Global Business Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |