Introduction to Industrial Organization, Second Edition

By Luís M.B. Cabral

Book Overview

An issue-driven introduction to industrial organization, thoroughly updated and revised.

The study of industrial organization (IO)--the analysis of the way firms compete with one another--has become a key component of economics and of such related disciplines as finance, strategy, and marketing. This book provides an issue-driven introduction to industrial organization. Although formal in its approach, it is written in a way that requires only basic mathematical training. It includes a vast array of examples, from both within and outside the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and revised.

In addition to updated examples, this edition presents a more systematic treatment of public policy implications. It features added advanced sections, with analytical treatment of ideas previously presented verbally; and exercises, which allow for a deeper and more formal understanding of each topic. The new edition also includes an introduction to such empirical methods as demand estimation and equilibrium identification. Supplemental material is available online.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262035944
• ISBN13: 9780262035941
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent textbook.

This text on IO is easily used in the classroom. It has the "right" amount of rigor for undergraduates. Crisp graphs support the arguments. New cases can be used to supplement those in the text that date from 2000. I'm glad I adopted this text.

Outstanding.

The layout and content of this book is truly outstanding. Cabral's lucid explanations and balance of theory and examples, make this book a pleasure to read. The text also provides a much needed framework for thinking about the ambiguous term, "strategy." Several of the author's reviewers comment that this text is destined to become the definitive introductory text on the industrial organization and I support that view.

A clearly superior text

Just when you thought there was no need for another Industrial Organization textbook, L. Cabral has written a book so breathtaking lucid that it may stand as the definitive introductory textbook for a generation. The author adeptly combines classic industrial organization theory with the latest advances in research and modern examples. The result is at once current and timeless, and will surely engage the beginning student more than any book currently on the market, or any book likely to be written. A must have for any introductory industrial organization class.