An Introduction to the Symposium on the Use of Simulation in Applied Industrial Organization

Luke Froeb and Gregory Werden

International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2000, vol. 7, issue 2, 133-137

Abstract: Simulation offers a rigorous methodology for addressing policy or litigation issues that require a comparison of an observed state of the world with an unobserved one. Simulation employs a calibrated, structural oligopoly model to describe the unobserved state of the world. Calibration involves reliance on real-world observations to set the key parameter values in the model. Simulation is an increasingly important tool of the industrial organization economist, particularly in analyzing the competitive effects of mergers. Papers in this symposium illustrate merger simulations in a variety of contexts and one other application of simulation.

Keywords: Simulation; Mergers; Antitrust; Patents; Electricity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1080/13571510050084479

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