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Pepall, Lynne, 1952-

Industrial organization : contemporary theory and empirical applications / Lynne Pepall, Dan Richards, George Norman. - Fourth edition - xxiv, 696 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Industrial Organization: What, How, and Why --
Basic Microeconomics --
Market Structure and Market Power --
Technology and Cost --
Price Discrimination and Monopoly: Linear Pricing --
Price Discrimination and Monopoly: Nonlinear Pricing --
Product Variety and Quality Under Monopoly --
Commodity Bundling and Tie-In Sales --
Static Games and Cournot Competition --
Oligopolistic Price Competition --
Dynamic Games and First and Second Movers --
Entry Deterrence and Predation --
Predatory Conduct: More Recent Developments --
Price Fixing, Repeated Games, and Antitrust Policy --
Horizontal Mergers --
Vertical and Conglomerate Mergers --
Vertical Price Restraints --
Non-Price Vertical Restraints --
Advertising, Market Power, and Information --
Research and Development --
Patents and Patent Policy --
Network Issues --
Auctions: Basic Theory and Applications --
Strategic Commitments and International Trade.

Pepall's Industrial Organization: Contemporary Theory and Empirical Applications, 5th Edition offers an accessible text in which topics are organized in a manner that motivates and facilitates progression from one chapter to the next. It serves as a complete, but concise, introduction to modern industrial economics.

ISBN: 9781405176323 1405176326

LCCN: 2007039115

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Industrial organization.

LC Class. No.: HD31 / .P377 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 658.1 / P.L.I