Industrial Organization is the economics of imperfect competition. The field studies the sources and implications of market power: how firm behaviors affect market structure, how market structure affects firm behavior, and how policy affects market outcomes in light of these issues. The field is largely empirical now, using descriptive analysis and empirical models that combine game theoretical frameworks with data. This allows research to address both positive and normative questions. Empirical IO methods are also increasingly used in other fields as well.
Faculty in the Field
Primary Appointment within the Economics Department
Primary Appointment outside the Economics Department
Ross School of Business & Department of Economics (courtesy)
Ross School of Business
Ross School of Business
Ross School of Business, & Institute for Social Research
Recent Graduate Student Placement Locations
Ohio State University
Compass Lexecon
University of Mannheim (postdoc)
University of Wisconsin
Bank of America
Analysis Group
University of Rochester
Department of Justice
Korea Development Institute
Federal Reserve Board
University of Washington
Bates White
Amazon
Bank of Canada
Federal Trade Commission
Ludwig Maximilian Univeristy of Munich
Seminars, Reading Groups, Lunches, etc.
IO Lunch (Tuesdays)
Industrial Organization Seminar (Friday mornings)
Selected Recent Publications
