This eagerly anticipated text from one of the worlds' leading academics in this field takes a truly international approach to this fascinating subject, providing a balanced approach to both EU competition policy and US antitrust. The structure of the text allows flexibility for the teacher, so
that they can teach from either a US, European approach or incorporate both.
The text also includes contemporary topics not found in other texts of this kind such as Contestable Markets and Experimental Economics.
To help instructors teach from this text, an Instructors
Manual, PowerPoint Slides, and a Multiple-Choice Test bank are available to instructors from the supporting Online Resource Centre.
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
For instructors: Scientific Workplace, slides, and instructor's manual
For students: essay questions, links to useful websites, and historical timelines
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.
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