Undergraduate - UnitECX3900 - Business, competition and regulation

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Economics
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Mita Bhattacharya

Synopsis

This unit considers market structures, conduct and performance from the business perspective; economic policy as it affects business, particularly in relation to its dealings with consumers; the variety of approaches to competition and regulation policies from the international perspective; analysis of policies with respect to prices, monopolies, oligopolies and mergers, exclusive dealing, consumer protection and licensing, deregulation and privatisation.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

understand the concepts used in the economic analysis of business and the policy framework within which business operates
understand performance, structure and behaviour of different businesses in any market
apply models of behaviour to specific cases
analyse different structure of businesses in details identifying major policies which might affect their performance and conduct.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Mita Bhattacharya

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of ECC1000, ECF1100, ECW1101 or ECG1101 and either ECF2731, ECW2731 or ECG2731.

Prohibitions

ECW3830, ECC3830, ECG3830