Applied Industrial Organization

Introduction. 1: The Role of Innovation. Lagging Productivity Growth: Measurement, Technology and Shock Effects; F.M. Scherer. Innovation, Profitability and Growth over the Business Cycle; P.A. Geroski, S. Machin. Empirical Evidence on Schumpeterian Hypotheses in Austria; G. Hutschenreiter, H. Leo. New Experiments in Industrial Organisation; J.D. Hey. 2: The Evolution of Markets and Firms. Entry, Growth, and Survival: the New Learning on Firm Selection and Industry Evolution; D.B. Audretsch, T. Mahmood. Innovation and Evolution as a Dynamic Game with Rational Behaviour; M. Blonski. The Division of Labour and Market Structure; C.C. von Weizsacker. The Evolution of the Vertically Integrated Firm: a Transaction Cost Analysis; J. Windsperger. 3: Determinants of Performance. Why Did UK Manufacturing Profitability Rise Over the 1980s? J. Haskel. Collusion, Concentration and Profits; K. Aiginger. Structure-Performance in Banking: an Application to a Typical Universal Banking System; P. Mooslechner, Y. Schnitzer. Market Structure and Pricing Behaviour in Austrian Manufacturing; C. Weiss. Portfolio Choice, Transactions Costs and Monopoly Power; M. Neumann. Private and Public Sector Regulation of Competitively Tendered Contracts; S. Domberger, D. Hensher. On the Scope of Indirect Regulation of Monopolies in the Presence of Large Entry Cost; M. Drottboom, W. Leininger.