Information Technology Economics, Strategy, and Policy

Info
134

3 units

Course Description

This course applies economic tools and principles, including game theory, industrial organization, information economics, and behavioral economics, to analyze business strategies and public policy issues surrounding information technologies and IT industries. Topics include: economics of information goods, services, and platforms; economics of information and asymmetric information; economics of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data privacy, and peer production; strategic pricing; strategic complements and substitutes; competition and antitrust; Internet industry structure and regulation; network cascades, network formation, and network structure.

Previously offered as Info 190.

This course is also offered for graduate students as Info 234.

Prerequisites

Senior standing
Last updated: October 14, 2022