Industrial Organization

• A European focused introduction to Industrial Organization by a leading author in the field
• Accompanying website providing case studies, extra information on specific topics, biographical material on economists relevant to the history of the discipline, and invaluable list of Industrial Economics links
• Accessible and up to date introduction to the major theoretical models and central topics in the discipline, including analyses of competition theory, firm structure, market structure, innovation, and static market
• Economic analysis of EU competition policy and market integration in the EU provides a useful European perspective
• Investigation of international trade policy and market performance provides a broader framework for understanding industrial economics

Readership: Second and third year students studying industrial organization or industrial economics as part of an economics degree.

Stephen Martin, Professor of Industrial Organization, University of Amsterdam

Preface
1: Background
2: Oligopoly markets: noncooperative behaviour
3: Collusion and tacit collusion
4: Dominance
5: Innovation
6: Organization
7: Imperfect competition and international trade: I
8: Imperfect competition and international trade: II
9: Trade policy and competition policy
10: Market integration in the European Union
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