180.671 Industrial Organization
Fall 2011
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Abreu, Dilip, "Extremal Equilibria of Oligopolistic Supergames," Journal of Economic Theory, 39 (1986), 191-225. PDF
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Amir, R. and V. Lambson, "On the Effects of Entry in Cournot Markets," Review of Economic Studies, 67 (2000), 235-254. PDF
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Anderson, Simon and Régis Renault, "Pricing, Product Diversity, and Search Costs: A Bertrand-Chamberlain-Diamond Model," RAND Journal of Economics, 30 (1999), 719-735. PDF
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Athey, Susan and Kyle Bagwell, "Optimal Collusion with Private Information," RAND Journal of Economics, 32 (2001), 428-465. PDF
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Baye, Michael, John Morgan, and Patrick Scholten, "Price Dispersion in the Small and Large: Evidence from an Internet Price Comparison Site," Journal of Industrial Economics, 52 (2004), 463-496. PDF
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Berry, Steven and Joel Waldfogel, "Free Entry and Social Inefficiency in Radio Broadcasting," RJE, 30 (1999), 397-420.
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Besanko, David and Ulrich Doraszelski, "Capacity Dynamics and Endogenous Asymmetries in Firm Size," RAND Journal of Economics, 35 (2004), 23-49. PDF
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Bresnahan, Timothy and Peter Reiss, "Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets," Journal of Political Economy, 99 (1991), 977-1009. PDF
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Cabral, Luis and Michael Riordan, "The Learning Curve, Market Dominance, and Predatory Pricing, " Econometrica, 62 (1994), 1115-1140. PDF
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Chen, Jiawei, "The Effects of Mergers with Dynamic Capacity Accumulation," International Journal of Industrial Organization,27 (2009), 92-109. PDF
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Corts, Kenneth S., "Conduct Parameters and the Measurement of Market Power," Journal of Econometrics, 88 (1999), 227-250. PDF
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Dixit, Avinash, "The Role of Investment in Entry Deterrence," Economic Journal, 90 (1980), 95-106. PDF
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Doraszelski, Ulrich and Ariel Pakes, "A Framework for Applied Dynamic Analysis in I.O.," Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume III, 2007. PDF
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Ellison, Glenn, "Theories of Cartel Stability and the Joint Executive Committee," RAND Journal of Economics, 25 (1994), 37-57. PDF
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Ellison, Glenn and Sara Fischer Ellison, "Search, Obfuscation, and Price Elasticities on the Internet," Econometrica, 77 (2009), 427-452. PDF
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Farrell, Joseph and Carl Shapiro, "Horizontal Mergers: An Equilibrium Analysis," American Economic Review, 80 (1990), 107-126. PDF
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Fersthman, Chaim and Ariel Pakes, "A Dynamic Oligopoly with Collusion and Price Wars," RAND Journal of Economics, 31 (2000), 207-236. PDF
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Goolsbee, Austan and Chad Syverson, "How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (2008), 1611-1633. PDF
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Harrington, Joseph E. Jr. and Joe Chen, "Cartel Pricing Dynamics with Cost Variability and Endogenous Buyer Detection," International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24 (2006), 1185-1212. PDF Copy
Harrington, Joseph E. Jr., "Detecting Cartels," Handbook in Antitrust Economics, 2008. PDF
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Harrington, Joseph E. Jr. and Andrzej Skrzypacz, "Collusion with Monitoring of Sales," RAND Journal of Economics, 38 (2007), 314-331. PDF
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Harrington, Joseph E. Jr. and Andrzej Skrzypacz, "Private Monitoring and Communication in Cartels: Explaining Recent Collusive Practices," American Economic Review, forthcoming. PDF
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Hong, Han and Matthew Shum, "Can Search Costs Rationalize Equilibrium Price Dispersion in Online Markets?," RAND Journal of Economics, 37 (2006), 257-275. PDF Copy
Kim, E. Han and Vijay Singal, "Mergers and Market Power: Evidence from the Airline Industry," American Economic Review, 83 (1993), 549-569. PDF
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Kreps, David and Jose Scheinkman, "Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes," Bell Journal of Economics, 14 (1983), 326-337. PDF
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Mankiw, N. Gregory and Michael Whinston, "Free Entry and Social Inefficiency," RAND Journal of Economics, 17 (1986), 48-58. PDF
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Porter, Robert H., "Optimal Cartel Trigger Price Strategies," Journal of Economic Theory, 29 (1983), 313-338. PDF
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Porter, Robert H., "A Study of Cartel Stability: The Joint Executive Committee, 1880-1886," Bell Journal of Economics, 14 (1983), 301-314. PDF
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Stahl, Dale O. II, "Oligopolistic Pricing with Sequential Consumer Search," American Economic Review, 79 (1989), 700-712. PDF Copy
Sutton, John, Chapters 3-5 of Sunk Costs and Market Structure: Price Competition, Advertising and the Evolution of Concentration, MIT Press, 1991. PDF
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Wang, Zhongmin, "(Mixed) Strategy in Oligopoly Pricing: Evidence from Gasoline Pricing Cycles Before and Under a Timing Regulation," Journal of Political Economy, 117 (2009), 987-1030. PDF Copy