The Theory of Industrial Organization
by Jean Tirole · MIT Press
Graduate reference treating monopoly pricing, price discrimination, quality choice and vertical restraints, then strategic interaction between firms: Cournot and Bertrand competition, capacity constraints, repeated games, product positioning and entry under asymmetric information. Assumes calculus and game theory.
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