- I. Introduction
- 1. The Present Approach
- II. Basic Concepts
- 2. General Definitions
- 3. Monopoly
- 4. Perfect Competition
- 5. Imperfect Competition
- 6. Elasticity Classification of Perfect Competition, Imperfect Competition, and Perfect Monopoly
- III. Various Solutions for the Market with Imperfect Competition
- 7. Nature of the Treatment Given to the Various Solutions in this Chapter, and the Case of Cournot
- 8. Professor Smithies’ Case
- 9. Professor Chamberlin’s Theory
- 10. Steckelberg’s Theory
- 11. Professor Fellner’s Approach
- 12. Joan Robinson’s Theory
- IV. Rational Pricing in a Market with Two Sellers
- 13. The Simple Market with Two Sellers
- 14. The “Full Market” with Two Sellers
- V. The Theory Extended to More Than Two Sellers
- 15. The Case of Four Sellers
- VI. Conclusions
- 16. Cournot’s and Stackelberg’s Cases Reconsidered
- 17. Chamberlin’s and Fellner’s Cases Reconsidered
- 18. Application of the Feedback Principle to Oligopoly Problems
- Appendixes
- A: The Motions and Stability of Prices in a Market with Perfect Monopoly
- B: Maxima and Minima
- C: The Relationship between the Slopes of the Constant Price Curves and the Partial Derivatives
- D: Mathematical Treatment for the Fifth Case in 13.7
- E: Mathematical Treatment for the Sixth Case in 13.8
- F: Constant Profit Curves
- A Selected Bibliography
HARVARD ECONOMIC STUDIES

Harvard Economic Studies 114
Theory of Markets
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Publication Date: 01/01/1960