ECON 3805

Competition Law and Policy

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course will examine issues that arise when a country attempts to implement and maintain a competition policy as a way of promoting economic growth and efficiency. The basic reading material will start with actual cases (most of them arising under U.S. antitrust law), and use those cases to probe the legal, economic and broad policy issues that the cases raise.

Prerequisites ECON 1110 or its equivalent.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: undergrads.

Distribution Requirements (SBA-AG), (SSC-AS), (OCE-IL, QP-IL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2022FA, 2021FA

Learning Outcomes

• This course examines, through the lens of economic analysis, legal principles drawn from various branches of law, including contracts, torts, and property. Cases are assigned for class discussion; in addition, there are exams and writing assignments. By the end of the course, students should be able to use basic economic analysis to better understand how the law does and should decide cases in various branches of law.

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