Teaching

COMM 172 – Managerial Economics (BCom)
This course covers the economic foundations of managerial decision-making. Topics include production and costs, price determination under perfect competition and monopoly, strategies for pricing with market power, monopolistic competition, oligopolistic competition, game theory, decision making under uncertainty, adverse selection, moral hazard, and incentive contracts. The course uses a variety of mathematical techniques, particularly algebra and calculus.

COMM 307 – Canadian Business-Government Relations (BCom)
This course is an analysis of public policies as represented by laws and regulatory governmental activities, and their effects on business decision-making. The course will deal with such topics as: corporate social responsibility, Canadian business environment, lobbying strategies, free-trade, competition policy, anti-competitive practices, price and entry regulation, externalities and environmental policies, innovation and intellectual property, and labor unions.

MGMT 885/985 – Managerial Economics and Policy Seminar (MSc and PhD)
This course covers some of the more recent topics in managerial economics. Topics include the origin of firms, complete contracts, subjective performance evaluations, multi-tasking, rank-order tournaments, team incentives, optimal job design, and collusion and organizational design. The course is designed for graduate students (MSc and PhD) with a solid background in microeconomics.