American industry--structure, conduct, performance (Foundations of modern economics series)

Caves, Richard E.

PRENTICE/HALL

American Industry: Structure, Conduct, Performance (Foundations of Modern Economics Series)

Business & Money

Industries

Focusing throughout on the structures of markets, processes of competition among firms, levels of performance attained and public policies regarding competition, this volume offers accounts of the core concepts of industrial organization and their application to American industry.

American Industry: Structure, Conduct, Performance (7th Edition)

Economics

Pearson

Using the recently developed stochastic frontier production function, Richard Caves and David Barton estimate the degree of technical efficiency in nearly 350 U.S. manufacturing industries and explain the variation in efficiency among industries. They reach a number of strong conclusions, including the observation that import competition and flexible employment arrangements are beneficial whereas corporate diversification hurts efficiency.  Caves and Barton describe and evaluate the stochastic frontier production function, which allows them to credibly estimate technical inefficiency. Using U.S. Census data on individual manufacturing establishments, they obtain the frontier production functions for over 300 industries. They then propose hypotheses derived from modern developments in economic analysis and theory which explain differences in efficiency. The hypotheses embrace many dimensions of competition and economic organization (both enterprise and labor), as well as sources of heterogeneous productivity levels such as capital-vintage differences, product differentiation, and differential rents to innovation  Among studies of efficiency that have been conducted over the past three decades, Efficiency in U.S. Manufacturing Industries is unmatched in the breadth and depth of its coverage. The hypotheses tested range more widely, and the analysis is extended to cover differences in efficiency among small and large firms and in the dynamic effects of efficiency differences on industries' rates of productivity growth. The review of the existing literature is unusually complete.  Richard Caves is Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard University. David R. Barton is an economist with the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Efficiency in U.S. Manufacturing Industries

Barton, David R.

Mit Pr

This edition contains revised and updated coverage of the multinational enterprise; an updated discussion on the political economy of trade controls; a new section on the Eastern European economies in transition, giving students a framework for understanding their economic effects on the world; an introductory chapter, setting up issues to be discussed in subsequent chapters, providing students with the necessary background; and a new section on trade policies and the development of newly industrialized countries. Coverage includes clear models, supported by recent empirical research, made easily understandable by a wealth of issues and applications. The text's updated information includes material on the multinational enterprise, the political economy of trade controls, and the outcome of the Uruguay Round of international tariff negotiations and the new World Trade Organization.

World trade and payments: An introduction

International

Little,Brown

Offers clear and balanced coverage of trade &amp; finance features &amp; updated material on the multinational enterprise, the political economy of trade controls, the out-come of the Uruguay Round of international tariff negotiations, &amp; the new World Trade Organization. DLC: International trade.

World Trade and Payments: An Introduction

Jones, Ronald W.

Frankel, Jeffrey A.

Addison-Wesley

Book by Jones, Ronald W., Frankel, Jeffrey A., Caves, Richard E.

World Trade and Payments (Study Guide)

World Trade and Payments is renowned for its clear, in-depth coverage of international trade and finance. Along with its hallmark balance of empirical research and sophisticated models the Ninth Edition offers an all-new chapter on Emerging Markets, which takes a close look at the East Asia crisis of 1997-98 and complements nicely the existing chapter on LDCs and open economies. Two other new chapters appear in this edition: Chapter 25 on Interdependence and Chapter 26 on Supply, which have been adapted from the previous edition's coverage of aggregate supply and policy coordination. As always, text, data, and example are updated throughout, and the text offers the latest on globalization, political economy of trade control, wages, international tariffs, multinational enterprise, development of newly industrialized countries, and the World Trade Organization.

World Trade and Payments: An Introduction (9th Edition)

Renowned for its precise, in-depth coverage of international trade and finance, this classic text features a balance of the latest research, critical policy issues, and sophisticated economic analysis.

World Trade And Payments: An Introduction

Pearson College Div

Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature)

Cambridge University Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Caves, Richard E.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Caves, Richard E.