| Description |
viii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for The organization of industry / George J. Stigler. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- 1. What Is Industrial Organization? -- Part I. What Is Competition? And Monopoly? -- 2. Competition -- 3. Price and Nonprice Competition -- 4. The Measurement of Concentration -- 5. A Theory of Oligopoly -- Part II. The Determinants of Concentration -- 6. Barriers to Entry, Economies of Scale, and Firm Size -- 7. The Economies of Scale -- 8. Monopoly and Oligopoly by Merger -- 9. The Dominant Firm and the Inverted Umbrella -- 10. Imperfections in the Capital Market -- 11. A Note of Patents -- Part III. Topics in Market Behavior -- 12. The Division of Labor Is Limited by the Extent of the Market -- 13. A Note on Profitability, Competition, and Concentration -- 14. A Theory of Delivered Price Systems -- 15. A Note on Block Booking -- 16. The Economics of Information -- 17. Information in the Labor Market -- 18. The Kinky Oligopoly Demand Curve and Rigid Prices -- 19. Administered Prices and Oligopolistic Inflation -- Part IV. Antitrust Policy -- 20. Restraints on Trade in the Common Law -- 21. The Economic Effects of the Antitrust Laws -- 22. Mergers and Preventive Antitrust Policy -- Appendix -- Monopolistic Competition Based in Retrospect -- Index -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Industrial organization (Economic theory)Industries, Antitrust law Economic aspects |
| Summary |
This book collects essays written over two decades, pieces prepared especially for this volume, previously unpublished material, and reprinted articles drawn from numerous sources, many of which include additional commentary by the author. The essays are unified by George J. Stigler's careful analysis |
| Analysis |
Industries Organisation structure |
| Notes |
Reprint. Originally published: Homewood, Ill. : R.D. Irwin, 1968 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Antitrust law -- Economic aspects.
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Industrial organization (Economic theory)
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Industries.
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| LC no. |
82020013 |
| ISBN |
0226774325 (paperback) |
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