Modern Industrial Organization (4th Edition)

Eric Vaitl said Try to get a different version. [Update: Finished the course where this was the text. As expected, the spine split in several spots. Bumped this up to Try to get a different version Eric Vaitl [Update: Finished the course where this was the text. As expected, the spine split in several spots. Bumped this up to 4 stars because the content itself really is quite good. Could use some more worked out problems and this text was supplemented with a game theory book. If you are in a Ph.D. program, you may want to take a separate game theory class before taking IO. There are plenty of $30 programming books of similar size. stars because the content itself really is quite good. Could use some more worked out problems and this text was supplemented with a game theory book. If you are in a Ph.D. program, you may want to take a separate game theory class before taking IO. There are plenty of $Try to get a different version [Update: Finished the course where this was the text. As expected, the spine split in several spots. Bumped this up to Try to get a different version Eric Vaitl [Update: Finished the course where this was the text. As expected, the spine split in several spots. Bumped this up to 4 stars because the content itself really is quite good. Could use some more worked out problems and this text was supplemented with a game theory book. If you are in a Ph.D. program, you may want to take a separate game theory class before taking IO. There are plenty of $30 programming books of similar size. stars because the content itself really is quite good. Could use some more worked out problems and this text was supplemented with a game theory book. If you are in a Ph.D. program, you may want to take a separate game theory class before taking IO. There are plenty of $30 programming books of similar size. 0 programming books of similar size. Good textbook, but could have a better finish There's everything to like about the content of the textbook. It reads clearly, and goes into detail when it is required. It keeps much of the nasty technicalities in appendices. The coverage is excellent, and has a good mix of theory and real-world cases and examples. This textbook is aimed at upper-undergraduate IO courses, but would still be a reinforcing read for post-graduate IO. If I were to write a textbook, I would w. cmajor said Great text, shame about the poor quality printing. This is an excellent text, written by two very prominent economists in the Industrial Organization and Antitrust Economics literatures. Unfortunately, the production quality of this book is poor. Granted it is a paperback edition, however the print quality of the pages is too low. Many of the descriptions pointing to figures refer to the colors depicted, but it has been printed in black and white and in low resolution.It's a

Written by two of the field's most respected researchers, Modern Industrial Organization goes beyond the traditional structure-conduct-performance framework by using the latest advances in microeconomic theory, including transaction cost analysis, game theory, contestability, and information economics. Fully updated to reflect new trends and topics, the Fourth Edition focuses on providing students with a clear, unified structure for analyzing theories and empirical evidence about the organization of firms and industries.