Readings in Microeconomics

by Jenkinson, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780198774938
• ISBN10: 0198774931
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-08-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This Reader draws together a comprehensive selection of the most significant and widely cited OREP papers in microeconomics, many of which have been updated and revised. It includes sections on industrial organization, research and development, competition and industrial policy, regulation, externalities and the environment, international trade, the labor market, and education and training. Contributors include Partha Dasgupta, Dieter Helm, David Newbery, David Pearce, John Vickers, and Michael Waterson.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Strategic Competition Among the Few - Some Recent Developments in the Economics of Industry	p. 3
Tacit Collusion	p. 22
Vertical Integration and Vertical Restraints	p. 34
The Economics of Technology Policy	p. 49
The Welfare Economics of Knowledge Production	p. 61
Competition Policy	p. 73
European Industrial Policy and Industrial Policy in Europe	p. 95
British Utility Regulation: Theory, Practice, and Reform	p. 109
The Problem of Global Environmental Protection	p. 131
Pricing and Congestion: Economic Principles Relevant to Pricing Roads	p. 141
Economic Policy Towards the Environment	p. 155
Recent Advances in International Trade Theory: A Selective Survey	p. 171
The New Trade Theory and Economic Policy	p. 186
The Failure of Training in Britain: Analysis and Prescription	p. 203
Higher Education: Expansion and Reform	p. 229
Index	p. 243
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