Empirical tools and competition analysis: Past progress and current problems

Ariel Pakes

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, vol. 53, issue C, 241-266

Abstract: I review a subset of the empirical tools available for competition analysis. The tools discussed are those needed for the empirical analysis of; demand, production efficiency, product repositioning, and the evolution of market structure. Where relevant I start with a brief review of tools developed in the 1990s that have recently been incorporated into the analysis of actual policy. The focus is on providing an overview of new developments; both those that are easy to implement, and those that are not quite at that stage yet show promise.

Keywords: Empirical tools; Demand; Production efficiency; Product repositioning; Dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L13 L4 L40 L41 L42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2016.04.010

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