Industrial Organization

In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complications to the perfectly competitive model, complications such as transaction costs, limited information, and barriers to entry of new firms that may be associated with imperfect competition. It analyzes determinants of firm and market organization and behavior on a continuum between competition and monopoly, including from government actions. There are different approaches to the subject. One approach is descriptive in providing an overview of industrial organization, such as …

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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 16 October 2024 English

Competition policy is needed for markets to achieve their welfare-improving potential.

research lies at the intersection of industrial organization, econometrics, and applied microeconomicsAbout interests include empirical microeconomics (industrial organization, political economics, law and economics) productivity, international trade, and industrial organization. His current research agenda is concentrated research interests are centered on empirical industrial organization. Her recent work has explored such topics


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 15 October 2024 English

This book analyzes competition policy in Asia and the Pacific through the lens of how it can support and promote economic development in the region.

research lies at the intersection of industrial organization, econometrics, and applied microeconomicsAbout interests include empirical microeconomics (industrial organization, political economics, law and economics) productivity, international trade, and industrial organization. His current research agenda is concentrated research interests are centered on empirical industrial organization. Her recent work has explored such topics


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 10 October 2024 English

Concerns over the excessive use of mobile phones, especially among youths and young adults, are growing. Leveraging administrative student data from a Chinese university merged with mobile phone records, random …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 10 October 2024 English

models of imperfect competition, a crucial yet often neglected aspect of empirical models in industrial organization that seek to understand market responses to policy and environmental changes. We introduce

neglected aspect of empirical models in industrial organization that seek to understand market responses Introduction Many empirical applications in industrial organization (IO) study markets with imperfect competition games in empirical industrial organization. In Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume 4, Volume 4 4 of Handbook of Industrial Organization, pp. 225–343. Elsevier. Aliprantis, C. D. and K. C. Border (2006) Bian, B. (2018). Essays on Empirical Industrial Organization. The Pennsylvania State University. Bj¨orkegren


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 10 October 2024 English

Industrial policy has been used throughout history in some form or other by most countries. Yet, it remains one of the most contentious issues among policymakers and economists alike. In …

structural methodology in the field of industrial organization [Ackerberg et al., 2007, Ho et al., 2021] first papers employing the structural industrial organization methodology to understand the welfare readily observed. Standard methodology in industrial organization [Bresnahan, 1982, Berry et al., 1995] estimates Alessandro Lizzeri, editors. Handbook of Industrial Organization, Volume 5, volume 5. Elsevier, Princeton


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 10 October 2024 English

Digitization has facilitated the emergence of large distribution platforms downstream from traditionally powerful suppliers. Digital platforms can carry many suppliers’ products, test the products’ consumer appeal, and choose which products …

music industry,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 78, 102765. Benner, M. J. and J. Waldfogel


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 3 October 2024 English

We study electric vehicle (EV) tax credits in the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest climate policy in US history, with three goals. First, we provide the first ex-post …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 3 October 2024 English

We present a model where social media platforms offer plans that intermix entertaining content with digital advertising (“ads”). Users derive utility from entertainment and learn about their valuation for a …

several strands of work. The first is the industrial organization literature on informational advertising



World Bank Group · 30 September 2024 English

Firms' ability to finance investments in physical and human capital and innovate through digital, green, and other technologies is central to productivity and economic growth. An extensive body of research …

the World Bank. Her research focuses on industrial organization, including firm and aggregate productivity


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