COURSES

MGTECON 200 - Managerial Economics
This course covers microeconomic concepts relevant to managerial decision-making. Topics may include: demand and supply analysis; consumer demand theory; production theory; price discrimination; perfect competition; partial equilibrium welfare analysis; externalities and public goods; risk aversion and risk sharing; hidden information and market signaling; moral hazard and incentives; rudimentary game theory; oligopoly; reputation and credibility; and transaction cost economics.  (Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Winter 2008)

MGTECON 615 - Topics in Market Design
The goal of this course is to introduce students to current research topics and open issues related to the design and organization of markets. Topics may include: theoretical and empirical analysis of auctions and matching markets; information aggregation in prediction markets and other mechanisms; microstructure of financial markets; e-commerce and novel marketplaces. 
(Spring 2008)