Organization of Industrial Research

Industrial Organization: A Survey of Laboratory Research

Topics in Industrial Organization

Before 1970s, IO predominantly follows the paradigm of “structure-conduct-performance”, or often called the Harvard tradition, after Professor Joe Bain. The basic idea is that market structure determines how ...rms behave, which in turn determines the performance of the market. The research methodology is mainly empirical: running regressions on variables of market structures to see their e¤ect...

Essays in industrial organization

This thesis is composed by three different studies on oligopolies. The first chapter is on oligopolies with perfect complements; the second chapter studies oligopolies with positive network effects and incompatible networks, and the last one deals with a polluting duopoly subject to environmental regulation. Specifically, the first chapter provides a thorough characterization of the properties ...

Oligopoly and Industrial Organization

This is a chapter of a book manuscript entitled Topics in Microeconomics . Comments, criticism and recommendations are welcome. The chapter starts with an elementary introduction to the three basic oligopoly theories, associated with the names of Cournot, Bertrand and Stackelberg. These theories are then covered in depth, including generalizations, extensions to entry, exit, and capacity choice...

Need of Industrial Medical Organization