Industrial economics and organization : theory and evidence

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Industrial economics and organization : theory and evidence

Donald A. Hay and Derek J. Morris

Oxford University Press, 1991

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Rev. ed. of: Industrial economics, 1979

Includes indexes

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780198772231

Description

Intended as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students specializing in industrial economics, this book gives a comprehensive review of recent theoretical and empirical works, emphasizing the need to relate the two in a subject where they have often been separated. The particular innovation of the text is the integration of traditional analysis of the effect of market structure on performance with analysis of the behaviour of large diversified firms that act to change market structures over time. Other features include the book's exposition of the theory of growth of the firm, the detailed discussion of goals, the treatment of finance and investment and the consideration of optimal resource allocation under uncertainty. This new edition reflects the latest theoretical developments in the field. It includes a new chapter on vertical integration and price discrimination, covers all the recent oligopolistic theory and provides a full analysis of individual firms' behaviour and control with new explanation of the principle-agent problem. It also includes all the new strategic entry deterrence and contestability literature.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1: a perspective of industrial economics. Part 2 The analysis of markets: costs and supply conditions
  • strategy and pricing in Oligopolistic markets
  • product differentiation
  • advertising
  • vertical market relationships and price discrimination
  • pricing in practice
  • market structure and profitability. Part 3 The behaviour of firms: the firm and its objectives
  • the growth of firms
  • company finance
  • investment expenditure
  • research and development, and innovation
  • takeovers, mergers, and the stock market
  • the development of firms, and market industrial structure
  • market structure
  • industrial concentration. Part 4 Issues for public policy: public policy towards market structure, conduct and performance I
  • public policy towards market structure, conduct and performance II
  • public policy and the development of firms.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780198773023

Description

Intended as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students specializing in industrial economics. This book gives a comprehensive review of recent theoretical and empirical works, emphasizing the need to relate the two in a subject where they have often been separated. The particular innovation of the text is the integration of traditional analysis of the effect of market structure on performance with analysis of the behaviour of large diversified firms that act to change market structures over time. Other features include the book's exposition of the theory of growth of the firm, the detailed discussion of goals, the treatment of finance and investment and the consideration of optimal resource allocation under uncertainty. This new edition reflects the latest theoretical developments in the field. It includes a new chapter on vertical integration and price discrimination, covers all the recent oligopolistic theory and provides a full analysis of individual firms' behaviour and control with new explanation of the principle-agent problem. It also includes all the new strategic entry deterrence and contestability literature.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1: a perspective of industrial economics. Part 2 The analysis of markets: costs and supply conditions
  • strategy and pricing in Oligopolistic markets
  • product differentiation
  • advertising
  • vertical market relationships and price discrimination
  • pricing in practice
  • market structure and profitability. Part 3 The behaviour of firms: the firm and its objectives
  • the growth of firms
  • company finance
  • investment expenditure
  • research and development, and innovation
  • takeovers, mergers, and the stock market
  • the development of firms, and market industrial structure
  • market structure
  • industrial concentration. Part 4 Issues for public policy: public policy towards market structure, conduct and performance I
  • public policy towards market structure, conduct and performance II
  • public policy and the development of firms.

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