ECON8854 · Economics
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course covers a selection of industrial organization topics not already covered in ECON8853. A typical week covers theory on Tuesday with discussion of a relevant empirical paper on Thursday. Topics may include nonlinear pricing, price discrimination, search, switching costs, obfuscation, insurance markets, present bias, pass-through and consumer protection, collusion, and learning.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.9 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.9 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.9 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~7.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor, Economics Department
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Associate Professor, Economics Department
4.2 / 5
4.2 / 5
Associate Professor, Economics Department
5.0 / 5
5.0 / 5
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
5.0 / 5
5.0 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsSpring 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2020
1 section