1st Edition

Beyond Competition Economics of Mergers and Monopoly Power

By Thomas Karier Copyright 1994
    242 Pages
    by Routledge

    242 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1994. As economics becomes increasingly fragmented into independent fields, there are at least two unifying concepts: supply and demand, and monopoly power. This is a book about power; one that supplements a strong microeconomic analysis with historical examples and empirical evidence.

    part Beyond Competition; Chapter 1 An Introduction to Corporate Power; Chapter 2 The History of Monopoly Theory; Chapter 3 The Microeconomics of Power; Chapter 4 Early Statistical Evidence; Chapter 5 Unions and the Contest over Economic Power; Chapter 6 Do Firms Pay for Higher Costs?; Chapter 7 The Second Wave of Statistical Evidence; Chapter 8 Price Competition; Chapter 9 Nonprice Competition and Cooperation; Chapter 10 The Process of Expansion: Mergers and Acquisitions; Chapter 11 The Global Market; Chapter 12 Political Economy of Power; Chapter 13 The Next Economic Order;

    Biography

    Thomas Karier