Estimating Market Power and Strategies

This book presents, compares, and develops various techniques for estimating market power - the ability to set price profitably above marginal cost.

Jeffrey M. Perloff (Author), Larry S. Karp (Author), Amos Golan (Author)

9780521011143, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 June 2007

352 pages, 20 tables
23.4 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.488 kg

'… extremely well referenced throughout … This book would be of interest to those readers wishing to advance their knowledge and understanding of how econometrics can be used to investigate questions of market power.' Statistics in Society

This book presents, compares, and develops various techniques for estimating market power - the ability to set price profitably above marginal cost - and strategies - the game-theoretic plans used by firms to compete with rivals. The authors start by examining static model approaches to estimating market power. They extend the analysis to dynamic models. Finally, they develop methods to estimate firms' strategies directly and examine how these strategies determine market power. A detailed technical appendix reviews the relevant information-theoretic and other econometric models that are used throughout. Questions and detailed answers for students and researchers are provided in the book for easy use.

1. Introduction
2. Structure-conduct-performance
3. Industry models of market power
4. Differentiated-product structural models
5. Strategic reasons for a dynamic estimation model
6. Dynamic games involving economic fundamentals
7. Estimation of dynamic games involving economic fundamentals
8. Estimation of market power using a linear-quadratic model
9. Estimating strategies: theory
10. Estimating strategies: case studies
Statistical appendix
Answers.

Subject Areas: Optimization [PBU], Business & management [KJ], Microeconomics [KCC], Economics [KC], Research methods: general [GPS]