Empirical Studies in Industrial Organization : Essays in Honor of Leonard W.Weiss

Presents state-of-the-art research in the spirit of the structure-conduct-performance paradigm embodied in the work of Leonard W. Weiss. The individual chapters are generally empirically or public policy oriented.

One Leonard Weiss'' Contributions to Research in Industrial Organization.- Two Costs, Demand, and Imperfect Competition as Determinants of Plant-Level Output Prices.- Three The Functional Relationship Between Prices and Market Concentration: The Case of the Banking Industry.- Four The Effectiveness and Stability of Highway BidRigging.- Five Price Changes and Mergers in U.S. Manufacturing, 1985-1986.- Six Price Challges from 1958 to 1982.- Seven Problems in the Conceptualization of Markets for the Analysis of Competitive Pro ces ses.- Eight Predatory Pricing: Where Do We Stand?.- Nine Antitrust and the Political Process.- Ten Sub-Optimal Scale Plants and Compensating Factor Differentials in U.S. and Japanese Manufacturing.- Eleven Technical Inefficiency, Rent-Seeking and Excess Profits in U.S. Manufacturing Industries, 1977.- Twelve Productivity Changes in the U.S. Electric Power Industry.- Thirteen Ownership Structure and Profitability.- Fourteen Entry and Exit in Vnited States Manufacturing Industries from 1977 to 1982.- List of Contributors.