Industrial Organization: A Strategic Approach

1. Introduction 2. The Welfare Economics of Market Power 3. Theory of the Firm 4. Market Power and Dominant Firms 5. Nonlinear Pricing and Price Discrimination 6. Market Power and Product Quality 7. Game Theory I 8. Classic Models of Oligopoly 9. Game Theory II 10. Dynamic Models of Oligopoly 11. Product Differentiation 12. Identifying and Measuring Market Power 13. An Introduction to Strategic Behaviour 14. Entry Deterrence 15. Strategic Behavior: Principles 16. Strategic Behavior: Applications 17. Advertising and Oligopoly 18. Research and Development 19. The Theory of the Market 20. Exclusionary Strategies I: Raising Rivals' Costs 21. Exclusionary Strategies II: Predatory Pricing 22. Vertical Integration and Vertical Restraints 23. Horizontal Mergers 24. Rationale for Regulation 25. Optimal Pricing and Natural Monopoly 26. Issues in Regulation Appendix: The Legal Framework of Antitrust

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