The Megacorp and Oligopoly

Micro Foundations of Macro Dynamics
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-06861-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 379 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

This book provides both an explanation of the inflation which has bedeviled economic policy in the West since the end of World War II and a micro-economic theory to purge Keynesian models of the Walrasian strain derived from Marshall's Principles. By focusing on what is taken to be the representative business firm of the twentieth century - the large corporation or megacorp - the microeconomic model presented in the book reverses the usual assumptions of economic analysis. Instead of assuming the existence of firms with no control over prices, the book examines how the megacorp uses its pricing power to finance its own internal rate of growth. The result is a determinant model of how prices are set under the sort of oligopolistic conditions which prevail in most modern industries throughout the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eichner, Alfred S.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. The nature of the megacorp; 3. The pricing decision; 4. Extensions of the basic model; 5. The distribution of income; 6. Micro and macro; 7. Conventional policy instruments; 8. Toward social control.