Contemporary Industrial Organization: A Quantitative Approach

A Complete Analysis of Industrial Organization The author team behind the best selling text Industrial Organization has written a brand new calculus–based text designed for students and instructors who want a more mathematical treament of the material. Features 14 Optional Empirical Real–World Applications plus significant coverage on economietric studies Extensive use of game theory and information economics Robust integration of: Calculus Game theory Econometric studies Contracting issues Reality checkpoints Current research on real business behavior and public policy   Praise and Reviews for Contemporary Industrial Organization "Very appropriate for me and for my teaching style… It is ideal for universities offering several sections of IO and wanting to give students a choice of more quantitative courses. I believe in time, even more students will be comfortable with calculus. This is a good time to make the move to a more quantitative book… one that is extremely well organized." —James Dana, Northeastern University "The authors have implemented their vision quite successfully, in my opinion. Calculus–based arguments and formal models are employed throughout the text. I think that the authors do a good job of describing the issue/problem of interest and then proceed to how one might think of this problem in the context of a formal model." —Jennifer F. Reinganum, Vanderbilt University "It is very concise, yet the explanations and applications are very good. Students will have the tools necessary to think logically through problems and have the application needed to see how the theories play out in reality." —Dean Showalter, Texas State University–San Marcos