CLASS SCHEDULE and Homework Assignments*

ECP 6415 - 901 ISSUES IN REGULATION AND ANTITRUST

Spring 2004

Meeting	Date	Time	Topic*
1	Thursday, January 8	6:00 – 8:45	Introduction
2	Thursday, January 15	6:00 – 8:45	Competition and Efficiency
3	Thursday, January 22	6:00 – 8:45	Market Failure
4	Thursday, January 29	6:00 – 8:45	Government Failure
5	Thursday, February 5	6:00 – 8:45	Exam 1 Theory of Regulation
6	Thursday, February 12	6:00 – 8:45	Overview of Antitrust Law and Policy
7	Thursday, February 19	6:00 – 8:45	Illegal Monopolization
8	Thursday, February 26	6:00 – 8:45	Collusion and Price Fixing
9	Thursday, March 4	6:00 – 8:45	Merger Policy
Holiday	Thursday, March 11		Spring Break Holiday
10	Thursday, March 18	6:00 – 8:45	Exam 2 Antitrust Law & Policy
11	Thursday, March 25	6:00 – 8:45	Fundamentals of Regulating Natural Monopoly
12	Thursday, April 1	6:00 – 8:45	Fundamentals of Regulating Natural Monopoly
13	Thursday, April 8	6:00 – 8:45	Issues in Regulating & Deregulating Electricity
14	Thursday, April 15	6:00 – 8:45	Deregulation of Airlines
15	Thursday, April 22	6:00 – 8:45	Environmental Regulation and Policy
16	Thursday, April 29	6:00 – 8:45	Exam 3 Economic & Social Regulation

* Click on Topics to see Reading and Homework Assignments