Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

Prerequisite: ECON 201A or equivalent or consent of instructor.

Economics, institutions, and policies relating to agricultural and resource markets. The course makes extensive use of microeconomic modeling techniques including equilibrium concepts, comparative statics, and welfare economics using partial and general equilibrium models. The course concentrates on industrial organization: dominant firm and competitive fringe, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, vertical integration, price discrimination, and economics of information with applications to agriculture, food retailing, cooperatives, fishing, and energy.

Spring 2005 Course Materials

Spring 2006 Course Materials

Spring 2007 Course Materials