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Undergraduate Record 2021-2022 
    
Undergraduate Record 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

SYS 4044 - Economics of Engineering Systems


Effective Start Date: 08/01/2020
This course is an introduction to the theory of the industrial organization (from a game-theoretic perspective) and its applications to industries with strong engineering content (electricity, telecommunications, software & hardware etc.) Topics include: congestion pricing in networks, pricing and efficiency in electricity markets, planned obsolescence in software development, “network” effects and the dynamics of technology adoption etc. Prerequisites: ECON 2010 and APMA 3100 or APMA 3110

Requisites: Must have completed ECON 2010 and one of the following APMA 3100 or APMA 3110

Credits: 3