Energy Policy, Regulation, and Non-Market Strategy

Catalog description

Credit 1.5. 1.5 Lecture Hour. Exploration of how political incentives lead politicians to create and dismantle rules and the role that firms and industry associations play in shaping regulatory environments and social outcomes; emphasis on how non-market strategies such as lobbying, political campaign contributions, coalition building, social media campaigns, (mis)information campaigns, self-regulation and others, can shape the regulatory process and outcomes. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.