Industrial Economics: Issues and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780333614938 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 336 str.

Paul R. Ferguson; Glenys J. Ferguson

Opis

This is a revised and updated edition of Paul Ferguson's successful textbook. Industrial Economics has reached a crossroads in its development; the established approach, based on the neoclassical theory of the firm, is being challenged by a variety of ideas and concepts. Paramount among these are transactions costs, public choice theory and the work of the Austrian School. Industrial Economics integrates these new approaches alongside a critical exposition of traditional theory.

Spis treści

Introduction.- The Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigm.- Market Concentration.- The Advertising Debate.- Monopolies: Good or Bad?.- Invention, Innovation and Diffusion.- The Foundations of Industrial Policy.- Industrial Policy in Practice.- State or Private Control Deindustrialisation.- Concluding Comments.