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316-328 Marketing Economics | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Professor J Freebairn |
Prerequisites | 316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | Techniques of microeconomic theory are reviewed and then applied to evaluate business choice options and government policy options affecting marketing activities in such areas as setting prices, market segmentation, advertising, product mix, forms of contracts and consumer protection legislation. Topics covered will include: marketing as an economic activity; explanations of and forecasting market outcomes, setting prices in different market structure situations; joint product pricing; storage, transport, processing and distribution choices; buyer-seller contracting under different information situations; promotion and advertising; government policy, including provision of information, consumer protection; transaction costs and marketing efficiency. |
Assessment | A 2-hour final examination (70%); in-course assessment of up to 3000 words (30%). |
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