The Theory of Industrial Organization (Mit Press)

著者 : JeanTirole

• The MIT Press (1988年8月26日発売)

作品紹介・あらすじ

The Theory of Industrial Organization is the first primary text to treat the new industrial organization at the advanced-undergraduate and graduate level. Rigorously analytical and filled with exercises coded to indicate level of difficulty, it provides a unified and modern treatment of the field with accessible models that are simplified to highlight robust economic ideas while working at an intuitive level.To aid students at different levels, each chapter is divided into a main text and supplementary section containing more advanced material. Each chapter opens with elementary models and builds on this base to incorporate current research in a coherent synthesis.Tirole begins with a background discussion of the theory of the firm. In part I he develops the modern theory of monopoly, addressing single product and multi product pricing, static and intertemporal price discrimination, quality choice, reputation, and vertical restraints.In part II, Tirole takes up strategic interaction between firms, starting with a novel treatment of the Bertrand-Cournot interdependent pricing problem.
He studies how capacity constraints, repeated interaction, product positioning, advertising, and asymmetric information affect competition or tacit collusion. He then develops topics having to do with long term competition, including barriers to entry, contestability, exit, and research and development. He concludes with a "game theory user's manual" and a section of review exercises.Jean Tirole is a Professor of Economics at MIT

感想・レビュー・書評

[hayekさんの感想 · 2011年6月8日]

産業組織論（IO)テキストの金字塔。
IOの上級（？）テキストは、これくらいしか知らない。
しかも、まともなテキストは、初級から合わせても、ほとんど知らない。
難しいと思われがちだけど、実はこれほどモデルの説明を一から丁寧にしてくれてる本はない。
反面、BP（オレンジ本）は基本モデルの説明が端折られてて全然読みやすくなく、Tiroleの内容を理解してる人が読むと解りやすいんでないかと予想。

そういうわけで、未だバイブルの地位は揺らいでないと思われますなう。
もっと値下げしてください。

[tetsuyasさんの感想 · 2009年6月19日]

よくも悪くもため息の出る本でした．