Industrial Organization

  1. Economic Regulation
    1. Rationale for Regulation
      1. Market Failures
        1. Natural Monopoly
          1. Externalities
            1. Information Asymmetries
              1. Public Goods
              2. Natural Monopoly Theory
                1. Cost Subadditivity
                  1. Economies of Scale
                    1. Scope Economies
                  2. Regulatory Approaches
                    1. Price Regulation
                      1. Rate-of-Return Regulation
                        1. Price-Cap Regulation
                          1. Ramsey Pricing
                          2. Access Regulation
                            1. Essential Facilities
                              1. Interconnection Rules
                                1. Unbundling Requirements
                                2. Quality Regulation
                                  1. Service Standards
                                    1. Safety Requirements
                                      1. Environmental Standards
                                    2. Regulatory Problems
                                      1. Regulatory Capture
                                        1. Information Asymmetries
                                          1. Dynamic Inefficiencies
                                            1. Rent-Seeking Behavior
                                            2. Deregulation
                                              1. Deregulation Theory
                                                1. Competitive Market Development
                                                  1. Transition Issues
                                                    1. Industry Case Studies

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                                                  9. Advanced Topics in Industrial Organization