Ben Sprung-Keyser

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• BEPP6110 – Microeconomics for Managers

  This course covers the economic foundations of business strategy and decision-making in market environments with other strategic actors and less than full information, as well as advanced pricing strategies. Topics include oligopoly models of market competition, creation, and protection, sophisticated pricing strategies for consumers with different valuations or consumers who buy multiple units (e.g. price discrimination, bundling, two-part tariffs), strategies for managing risk and making decisions under uncertainty, asymmetric information and its consequences for markets, and finally moral hazard and principle-agent theory with application to incentive contacts.

Past Courses

• BEPP6110 - Microeconomis for Managers

  This course will cover the economic foundations of business strategy and decision-making in market environments with other strategic actors and less than full information, as well as advanced pricing strategies. Topics include oligopoly models of market competition, creation, and protection, sophisticated pricing strategies for consumers with different valuations or consumers who buy multiple units (e.g. price discrimination, bundling, two-part tariffs), strategies for managing risk and making decisions under uncertainty, asymmetric information and its consequences for markets, and finally moral hazard and principle-agent theory with application to incentive contacts.

• How much did Congress lose by defunding the IRS? Way more than we thought., Washington Post - 06/14/2023
• The Great Millennial Migration That Wasn’t, Vox - 07/22/2022
• Social Programs Can Sometimes Turn a Profit for Taxpayers, New York Times - 07/10/2020
• When the Safety Net Pays for Itself, Wall Street Journal - 07/22/2019

Knowledge @ Wharton

• Summer Reading: Wharton Faculty Picks, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/23/2024
• What Does Your Writing Style Say About You?, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/23/2024
• How to Align Private Equity Motives with Nursing Home Outcomes, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/22/2024
• Baby Bust | Stewart Friedman, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/16/2024
• Why Are Private Equity Firms Buying Mental Health Clinics?, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/15/2024
• Who Benefits in the Deal Between Reddit and OpenAI?, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/15/2024
• How Behavioral Factors Shape Retirement Wealth, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/15/2024
• Stocks for the Long Run | Jeremy Siegel, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/09/2024
• This Media Bias Detector Analyzes News Reports in Real Time, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/09/2024
• Are Corporate Human Rights Practices Up to Par?, Knowledge @ Wharton - 07/08/2024