Written by one of the world's leading academics in the field, Industrial
Organization in Context provides a truly international, balanced perspective on EU
competition policy and US antitrust policy.
This innovative text includes exciting contemporary topics not covered in other
books in the field, such as contestable markets and experimental economics. Furthermore,
the text is designed to allow instructors to teach from a US and/or European perspective.
The supporting Online Resource Center further accommodates the instructor, offering an
Instructors Manual, PowerPoint Slides, and a Multiple-Choice Test Bank.
Stephen Martin is Professor of Economics at the Krannert School of Management,
Purdue University, USA. Prior to that he was Professor of Industrial Organisation at the
University of Amsterdam, Director of the Center for Industrial Economics at the University
of Copenhagen, and Professor of Economics at the European University Institute and
Michigan State University. He was co-managing editor of the International Journal of
Industrial Organization from 1996 to 2004, and has published widely in all areas of
industrial economics.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Basic Market Models
3. U.S. Antitrust: Background
4. EU Competition Policy: Background
5. Oligopoly
6. Collusion & Cooperation
7. Monopolization & Dominance
8. Price Discrimination
9. Vertical Restraints
10. Market Structure and Firm Structure
11. Regulation, Rent-seeking, and Public Enterprise
12. Advertising and Information
13. Innovation
14. Imperfect Competition & Macro
15. Imperfect Competition & Trade
16. Market Integration
17. Just the Math Used in this Book
18. References
700 pages, Paperback