[Joseph_E._Stiglitz,_Carl_E._Walsh]_Economics(Bookos.org) (1)

How Prices Convey Information 248
Markets for Information 249
e-INSIGHT: Information, Competition, and the Internet
249
Government Policies 250
FUNDAMENTALS OF IMPERFECT MARKETS 3:
Imperfect Information 251
Externalities 252
Government Policies Toward Externalities 252
THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST: Incentives and
the Environment 253
FUNDAMENTALS OF IMPERFECT MARKETS 4:
Externalities 254
Public Goods 254
FUNDAMENTALS OF IMPERFECT MARKETS 5:
Public Goods 255
Looking Ahead 256
REVIEW AND PRACTICE 257
CHAPTER 12 MONOPOLY, MONOPOLISTIC
COMPETITION, AND OLIGOPOLY
261
Monopoly Output 261
An Example: The ABC-ment Company 264
Monopoly Profits 265
Price Discrimination 266
Economies of Scale and Natural Monopolies 267
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: South Africa,
AIDS, and Price Discrimination 268
Assessing the Degree of Competition 270
Number of Firms in the Industry 270
Product Differentiation 271
e-INSIGHT: Network Externalities, the New Economy,
and Monopoly Power 272
Equilibrium with Monopolistic Competition 273
Oligopolies 274
Collusion 275
Restrictive Practices 279
Entry Deterrence 281
INTERNET CONNECTION: Keeping Track of
Oligopolies 281
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