Overview

This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as well as the past, present and future debates in Europe and America over several centuries. This landmark book includes authoritative entries on all the major figures in both Europe and North America.Pioneers of Industrial Organization also reveals how public policies such as antitrust and regulation - and deregulation since the 1970s - can promote, or impede economic results and progress. Readers will find the intellectual pioneers, the theories and policies, and the debates, in all their variety herein. Some pioneers have been free-market advocates, others have been more protective of popular values, but all have strained to make the economic engine promote more wealth, progress and fairness. This book presents the people, ideas and debates with careful neutrality, and also with clear, concise writing. For all those interested in modern economic progress and its problems, this book provides deep insight as well as great personal colour. It will be an essential source of reference for students, researchers and professors of economics, as well as those concerned with the historical foundations or the conceptual and thematic developments in industrial organization.

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Author:   Henry W. de Jong ,  William G. Shepherd
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781843764342

ISBN 10:   1843764342
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   26 June 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction to the Pioneers and the Issues William G. Shepherd and Henry W. de Jong PART I: MARKET THEORY AND ITS PIONEERS IN EUROPE 1. Introduction to Market Theory and its European Pioneers Henry W. de Jong 2. Market Theory in Europe Henry W. de Jong A. Adam Smith (1723-1790) Henry W. de Jong 3. Economists from the German Language Area (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) Henry W. de Jong A. Heinrich von Stackelberg (1905-1946) Peter Oberender and Thomas Rudolf B. Ernst Heusz (1922-) Peter Oberender and Thomas Rudolf C. Erich Hoppmann (1923-) Peter Oberender and Thomas Rudolf D. Erhard Kantzenbach (1931-) Peter Oberender and Thomas Rudolf 4. Market Theory in the Low Countries Henry W. de Jong A. Henk Wilm Lambers (1916-2004) Henry W. de Jong 5. French Political Economy about Industrial Matters Jacques De Bandt A. Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) Jacques De Bandt B. Francois Perroux (1903-1987) Jacques De Bandt 6. Industrial Economics in Italy Patrizio Bianchi 7. The Contributions of Three English Economists to the Development of Industrial Economics Michael A. Utton A. Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) Henry W. de Jong 8. Industrial Economics in Scandanavia, 1880-1980 Nicolai J. Foss and Peter Mollgaard PART II: PIONEERS OF THE FIELD IN THE USA AND CANADA 9. Introduction to the Pioneers in North America William G. Shepherd SECTION 1 INDIVIDUAL PIONEERS IN THE USA AND CANADA 10. To the 1930s A. Charles Ellet Jr F.M. Scherer B. Henry Carter Adams Harry M. Trebing C. John Bates Clark John Howard Brown D. Jeremiah Whipple Jenks John Howard Brown E. John Maurice Clark William L. Baldwin F. George Ward Stocking Willard F. Mueller G. Martin G. Glaeser Harry M. Trebing 11. The 1930s A. Gardiner C. Means John Howard Brown B. Edward Hastings Chamberlin William L. Baldwin C. James C. Bonbright Harry M. Trebing D. Harold Hotelling John Howard Brown E. Edward S. Mason William G. Shepherd 12. The 1940s and 1950s A. Joseph A. Schumpeter F.M. Scherer B. Morris A. Adelman William G. Shepherd C. John Kenneth Galbraith William G. Shepherd D. Alfred E. Kahn William G. Shepherd E. Walter Adams James A. Brock F. Joe S. Bain Richard E. Caves G. Willard Fritz Mueller Bruce Marion H. Carl Kaysen William G. Shepherd I. Donald F. Turner William G. Shepherd J. George Joseph Stigler Sam Peltzman K. William Jack Baumol Stephen Martin L. John Robert Meyer John C. Spychalski 13. The 1960s to the Mid-1980s A. Richard E. Caves William S. Comanor B. Leland L. Johnson William G. Shepherd C. Leonard W. Weiss F.M. Scherer D. Jacob Schmookler F.M. Scherer E. Frederic M. Scherer John E. Kwoka F. William G. Shepherd John Howard Brown G. Harvey J. Leibenstein W.G. Shepherd H. William S. Comanor William G. Shepherd I. Oliver E. Williamson William G. Shepherd J. Harold Demsetz William G. Shepherd K. Paul W. MacAvoy William G. Shepherd L. Harry M. Trebing William G. Shepherd M. Dennis Cary Mueller Stephen Martin N. Roger G. Noll William G. Shepherd O. Sam Peltzman William G. Shepherd P. Richard Schmalensee William G. Shepherd Q. A. Michael Spence F.M. Scherer R. Robert D. Willig William G. Shepherd S. Joseph E. Stiglitz F.M. Scherer Index

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'This book is certainly an extremely useful working tool...' -- Manuela Mosca, History of Economic Ideas '... this collection should be viewed as a pioneering effort... this book would most likely serve as a useful quick reference source for students of industrial economics. It can also serve as a valuable point of departure for those who wish to study intellectual developments in a major field in more detail.' -- John Howard Brown, Journal of the History of Economic Thought 'This work will be indispensable for anyone who undertakes serious scholarly research in industrial organization. With its knowledgeable authors and editors, this book offers us valuable materials, about the work of writers long forgotten and others inadequately recognized, that can contribute much to understanding in the field.' -- William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University, US

'This work will be indispensable for anyone who undertakes serious scholarly research in industrial organization. With its knowledgeable authors and editors, this book offers us valuable materials, about the work of writers long forgotten and others inadequately recognized, that can contribute much to understanding in the field.' - William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University, US

'This book is certainly an extremely useful working tool. . .' -- Manuela Mosca, History of Economic Ideas '. . . this collection should be viewed as a pioneering effort. . . this book would most likely serve as a useful quick reference source for students of industrial economics. It can also serve as a valuable point of departure for those who wish to study intellectual developments in a major field in more detail.' -- John Howard Brown, Journal of the History of Economic Thought 'This work will be indispensable for anyone who undertakes serious scholarly research in industrial organization. With its knowledgeable authors and editors, this book offers us valuable materials, about the work of writers long forgotten and others inadequately recognized, that can contribute much to understanding in the field.' -- William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University, US

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Edited by Henry W. de Jong, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands and William G. Shepherd, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US

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