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Measures of Concentration and Stability: Two Pedagogical Tools for Industrial Organization Courses

Authors : Jenny-Paola Lis-Gutiérrez, Mercedes Gaitán-Angulo, Linda Carolina Henao, Amelec Viloria, Doris Aguilera-Hernández, Rafael Portillo-Medina

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Abstract

This document describes two pedagogical tools developed for teaching applied microeconomics, specifically the issues related to concentration, dominance, stability and asymmetry of firms. The tools make a compilation of several concentration and stability indexes used in the literature since 1945. Among the benefits of the applications are the ease and agility to perform comparative analyzes of intersectorial and/or intertemporal type in a simple and agile way; and the use of unconventional concentration and stability measures.

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Metadata
Title
Measures of Concentration and Stability: Two Pedagogical Tools for Industrial Organization Courses
Authors
Jenny-Paola Lis-Gutiérrez
Mercedes Gaitán-Angulo
Linda Carolina Henao
Amelec Viloria
Doris Aguilera-Hernández
Rafael Portillo-Medina
Copyright Year
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93818-9_45

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