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Preface | |
Introduction | |
The Scope of the Field | |
Theory Versus Empiricism | |
Barriers to Entry and the Structurendash;Conductndash;Performance | |
A Decade of High Theory | |
An Outline of the Book | |
Foundations of Oligopoly | |
Introduction | |
Cournot in his Own Words | |
The Classical Oligopoly Theory Formulation | |
Best-Response Functions | |
Existence | |
Stability | |
Comparative Statistics: The Number of Firms | |
Limiting Behavior | |
Conclusion | |
Foundations of Oligopoly | |
Introduction | |
Cournot Duopoly as a Static Game | |
Static versus Dynamic? (Nash versus Cournot?) | |
Conjectural Variations | |
The Coefficient of Cooperation | |
Representative Consumer Models of Product Differentiation | |
Cournot with Product Differentiation | |
Bertrand with Product Differentiation | |
Prices versus Quantities | |
Supply Function Oligopoly | |
Two-stage Capacity-constrained Competition | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Foundations of Oligopoloy | |
Hotelling | |
Beyond Hotelling | |
Vertical Product Differentiation | |
The Relation between Models of Horizontal and Vertical | |
Differentiation | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Early Empirical Studies of Structurendash;Conductndash;Performance | |
Relationships | |
Introduction | |
Bain and the Critics | |
Early Econometric Work | |
Summary | |
Debates over Interpretation and Specification | |
Introduction | |
Market Power versus Efficiency | |
Measurement Issues in the Diagnosis of Market Power | |
Identification | |
Firm Effects versus Industry Effects | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Empirical Studies of Market | |
Performance | |
Introduction | |
Conjectures | |
Time Series | |
Avoiding Cost Data I: NEIO | |
Avoiding Cost Data II: The Solow Residual | |
Validity Checks | |
Event Studies | |
Price Versus Rate of Return | |
The Persistence of Profits | |
Not the Last Word | |
Strategic Behavior: Investment in Entry Deterrence | |
Introduction | |
Excess Capacity | |
Switching Costs | |
Raising Rivals' Costs.Predatory Pricing | |
Limit Pricing | |
Advertising and Limit Pricing | |
Animal Farm | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Advertising | |
The Dorfmanndash;Steiner Condition and Generalizations | |
Advertising as a Signal of Quality | |
Welfare Consequences of Advertising | |
The Duration of Advertising Effects | |
The Advertising Response to Entry | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Collusion and Noncooperative Collusion | |
Introduction | |
Noncooperative Collusion in a Static Model | |
Noncooperative Collusion in Repeated Games | |
Price Wars | |
Conscious Parallelism | |
Facilitating Practices | |
Empirical Studies of Collusion | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Market Structure, Entry, and Exit | |
Introduction | |
The Measurement of Seller Concentration | |
Entry Conditions and Market Structure | |
Product Differentiation as a Barrier to Entry | |
Financial Markets | |
Empirical Studies of Market Structure | |
Entry | |
Exit | |
Empirical Studies of Entry and Exit | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Firm Structure, Mergers, and Joint Ventures | |
Introduction | |
Why are There Firms? | |
Corporate Governance.Business Groups | |
X-inefficiency | |
Horizontal Mergers | |
Vertical Mergers and Vertical Foreclosure | |
Diversification and Conglomerate Mergers | |
The Market for Corporate Control | |
Joint Ventures and Equity Interests | |
Conclusion | |
Problems | |
Vertical Restraints | |
Introduction | |
Incentives to Impose Vertical Restraints | |
Empirical Evidence | |
Conclusion | |
Research and Development | |
Introduction | |
Stylized Facts | |
Deterministic Innovation | |
Stochastic Innovation | |
Absorptive Capacity | |
Patents | |
Empirical Studies of R & D | |
Final Remarks | |
Problems | |
References | |
Index of Names | |
Index of Subjects | |
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