Industrial Organization (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858984882 ISBN 13: 9781858984889

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Oliver Williamson is one of the most important industrial economists of our time. He has made a major contribution to economic scholarship and remains at the forefront of research into transaction costs and the theory of the firm. In this volume he has provided a very careful selection of what he considers to be the most important articles and papers in industrial organization. Featuring 23 articles, dating from 1937 to 1987, this collection includes papers by Kenneth J. Arrow, Ronald H. Coase, Franco Modigliani, Michael Rothschild, Herbert A. Simon, George J. Stigler and Joseph Stiglitz. The first part presents classic articles which supplied the foundations upon which the field of industrial economics was built. The second and third parts present papers on the new economics of organization and a revitalized theory of strategic behaviour and competition. Professor Williamson submits that a new science of organisation is taking shape to which industrial economics has been both a principle contributor and beneficiary. Now available in paperback, this important volume will be indispensable to all teachers, researchers and students concerned with modern industrial economics and the theory of the firm.

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Synopsis:

Part I presents classic articles which supplied the foundations upon which the field of industrial economics was built. Parts II and III present papers on the new economics of organization and a revitalized theory of strategic behaviour and competition. The editor submits that a science of organization is taking shape to which industrial economics has been both a principle contributor and beneficiary. It should interest teachers, instructors and students concerned with modern industrial economics and the theory of the firm.

About the Author:

Edited by Oliver E. Williamson, Professor, Graduate School and Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law, University of California, Berkeley, US and 2009 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for Studies of Economic Governance

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1858984882
• ISBN 13: 9781858984889
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Williamson Oliver E.