PUBPOL 5170

Market Regulation for Executives

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This graduate-level survey course addresses issues in market regulation and public policy. It reviews and applies tools acquired in prior economics and public administration classes to examine several important policy problems. This class will refine students' ability to use economics and statistics to illuminate the causes and consequences of several policy interventions. It will illustrate how those tools can help formalize and organize complex concepts and thus reveal both the intended and unintended effects of various policies. We examine several specific policies and their effects, including racial discrimination and deregulation in trucking, unintended effects of the Endangered Species Act, the move from a military draft to an All-Volunteer Military, and real-time, network-wide pricing of roads. A broader goal is a facility for reading relevant economic literature. As a graduate-level course, students are expected to have thoroughly read all materials prior to class and be well-prepared to discuss readings/cases/case memos with colleagues.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) students.

Last 1 Terms Offered 2025SP

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