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2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ECO 355 - Antitrust Law and Economic

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: ECO 231, 232
The main antitrust laws and the rich variety of court decisions that have influenced decades of economic activity. The arguments of the plaintiffs and prosecution are discussed and evaluated as well as the majority and minority opinions of the Court. Economic analysis is employed to view the economic motives of the firms involved. Students learn about monopolization cases from the famous ALCOA case (1945) to the Microsoft antitrust case. Precedent-setting cases involving “price fixing,” exchange of price information, exclusive dealing, tying contracts, price discrimination and mergers are analyzed.
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