Applied Microeconomic Theory: Selected Essays of B. Curtis Eaton (Economists of the Twentieth Century)

"Applied Microeconomic Theory" presents a seminal collection of the author's influential papers in a number of areas of applied microeconomic theory. This volume contains a selection of both published and unpublished papers written over a period of thirty years and reveals Curtis Eaton's profound economic insight and ability. Topics covered include: strategic market structure, beginning with Eaton's pioneering 1975 paper on pre-emption by product proliferation in a differentiated oligopoly and ending with his paper (in collaboration with Nicholas Schmitt) on the implications for market structure of flexible manufacturing published in 1995; efficiency wages, including two of the very earliest papers on the subject written in collaboration with William White; theory of price in both labour and output markets; and collusive behaviour, including a number of important papers written in collaboration with Mukesh Eswaran.