Who controls markets and profits from them? Does competition or monopoly result in a more beneficial economy? How can the economic playing field become fairer or more biased in either direction? The study of industrial organization extends to the core of these most important questions of economics. Throughout the field's history, various clashing schools of thought have attempted to sort through these complex issues, examining both abstract theory and real-life cases. The Fifth Edition of this widely used, highly regarded text includes coverage of dramatic changes in the field. Shepherd & Shepherd provide broad, balanced coverage of topics without showing preference to any single point of view, encouraging students to think independently. This emphasis on independent judgment is evident throughout the book, with discussion of structure placed before performance to assist the reader in thinking about causation. Topics are organized for maximum flexibility, with distinct chapters covering case studies, antitrust and regulation policy, and capital markets. Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Brock, The Structure of American Industry, Thirteenth Edition (ISBN 9781478627326) and Ekelund-Hebert, A History of Economic Theory and Method, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577664864).

The Economics of Industrial Organization

William G. Shepherd

Business & Money

Prentice Hall College Div.

Who will control markets and gain riches? Is the playing field level or slanted? Is there open, effective, creative competition, or instead monopoly with its controls and exclusions? These issues--at the heart of economic striving and progress and involving the very largest commercial interests--are carefully explored in this highly regarded volume, now available from Waveland Press. The Fourth Edition of The Economics of Industrial Organization teaches students to think independently in judging complex issues that do not have definitive research answers. As the author states, "Mastering the concepts and techniques--and unruly facts--is task 1; applying them skillfully, to form independent judgments, is the mature task 2." The book lays out the core topics in their natural order, in a format carefully tested in the author's various classrooms over many years of teaching. Its emphasis on independent judgment is one feature; another is the basic format that allows for flexibility. Many choices can be made in topic emphasis, order of subjects, and depth of detail. Still another feature is the many compact case studies offered in chapters 13 and 14.

The economics of industrial organization

International

PRENTICE/HALL

Public policies toward business: Readings and cases (The Irwin series in economics)

R.D. Irwin

This book covers relationships between policy and business. Regulation and anti-trust are a few of the many topics covered in this volume. It contains a full section on industrial organization, de-regulation of some industries. The aim is to develop the skill analyzing complex economic issues with an independent mind. concepts, facts, and cases are provided; but they are only the raw material. In sum, the book seeks to establish the method of objective evalutation of business public and private.

Public policies toward business (Irwin publications in economics)

Management & Leadership

Who controls markets and profits from them? Does competition or monopoly result in a more beneficial economy? How can the economic playing field become fairer or more biased in either direction? The study of industrial organization extends to the core of these most important questions of economics. Throughout the field's history, various clashing schools of thought have attempted to sort through these complex issues, examining both abstract theory and real-life cases. The Fifth Edition of this widely used, highly regarded text includes coverage of dramatic changes in the field. Shepherd &amp; Shepherd provide broad, balanced coverage of topics without showing preference to any single point of view, encouraging students to think independently. This emphasis on independent judgment is evident throughout the book, with discussion of structure placed before performance to assist the reader in thinking about causation. Topics are organized for maximum flexibility, with distinct chapters covering case studies, antitrust and regulation policy, and capital markets.
 Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Brock, The Structure of American Industry, Thirteenth Edition (ISBN 9781478627326) and Ekelund-Hebert, A History of Economic Theory and Method, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577664864).

Joanna Mehlhop Shepherd

Economics

Waveland PRess

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