Oligopoly
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Definition of a Oligopoly:
A market for a good where a few major suppliers account for a large majority of sales.
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Writing a Term Paper or High School / College Essay? Here are a few starting points for research on Oligopolies:
Books
- Trade unions and oligopolies in vertically structured industries - Thomas Grandner, Peter Lang, 2001.
- Existence and comparative statics in heterogeneous cournot oligopolies - Steffen Hoernig, European University Institute, 2000.
- Oligopoly pricing: old ideas and new tools - Xavier Vives, MIT Press, 1999.
- Do other firms matter in oligopolies? - Jonathan Haskel and Pasquale Scaramozzino, Centre for Economic Policy Research, 1995.
- Asymmetric oligopolies - Robert J Waldmann, European University Institute, 1992.
- Profit cycles, oligopoly, and regional development - Ann R Markusen, MIT Press, 1985.
- Oligopoly theory - James W Friedman, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- Pricing in the electrical oligopoly - Ralph G M Sultan, Harvard University Press, 1975.
- An oligopoly: the world coffee economy and stabilization schemes. - Thomas Geer, Dunellen, 1971.
- The emergence of oligopoly; sugar refining as a case study - Alfred S Eichner, Johns Hopkins Press, 1969.
Journal Articles
- Product Choice and Oligopoly Market Structure - Michael J. Mazzeo, RAND Journal of Economics v33, n2 (Summer 2002): 221-242.
- Risk-Averse Firms in Oligopoly - Marcus Asplund, International Journal of Industrial Organization v20, n7 (September 2002): 995-1012.
- Information Advantage in Cournot Oligopoly - Ezra Einy, Journal of Economic Theory v106, n1 (September 2002): 151-60.
- Bounded Rationality, Dynamic Oligopoly, and Conjectural Variations - James W. Friedman, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization v49, n3 (November 2002): 287-306.
- Tax Incidence in Differentiated Product Oligopoly - Simon P. Anderson, Journal of Public Economics v81, n2 (August 2001): 173-92.
- Market Reaction to Large Bank Merger Announcements in Oligopolies, Adham Chehab, Journal of Economics and Finance v26, n1 (Spring 2002): 63-76.
- Executive Compensation in Oligopolies: Sales, Profits and Pay - Marc C. Chopin, Advances in applied microeconomics. Volume 8. Oligopoly (1999): 101-22.
- Optimality of Imitative Behavior in Cournot Oligopoly - Alexandre Possajennikov, Tilburg CentER for Economic Research Discussion Paper: 9902.
- Natural Oligopolies - Avner Shaked, Microeconomic theories of imperfect competition: Old problems and new perspectives (1999): 485-99.
- Strategic Partnerships, Knowledge-Based Networked Oligopolies, and the State - Lynn Krieger Mytelka, Private authority and international affairs (1999): 129-49.
- Strategic Complements and Substitutes in Bilateral Oligopolies - Francis Bloch and Helene Ferrer, Economics Letters v70, n1 (January 2001): 83-87.
- Natural Oligopolies: A Vertical Differentiation Model - Rim Lahmandi-Ayed, International Economic Review v41, n4 (November 2000): 971-87.
