The Structure of American Industry, Twelfth Edition

Americans continually cross paths with major industries that comprise the U.S. economy. These industries face and raise challenging issues that in turn generate important economic questions: How are individual industries organized and structured? What share of their market do they represent? What are the major public policy issues they affect? What are the economic consequences of addressing them?

A single text examining every industry would provide a disjointed, haphazard analysis. The case-study approach taken in The Structure of American Industry avoids such shortcomings. The expert author of each case study fourteen in all presents a comprehensive and coherent analysis of a specific industry. The holistic, in-depth treatment sparks lively interest, does not succumb to theoretical abstractions, and offers practical answers to economic questions.

Table of Contents: 1. The Agriculture Industry (Bruce W. Marion and James M. MacDonald) 2. The Petroleum Industry (Stephen Martin) 3. The Electricity Industry (Alan R. Schriber and James W. Brock) 4. The Cigarette Industry (George A. Hay) 5. The Beer Industry (Kenneth G. Elzinga) 6. The Automobile Industry (James W. Brock) 7. The Music Recording Industry (Peter J. Alexander) 8. The Telecommunications Industry (James McConnaughey) 9. The Airline Industry (William G. Shepherd and James W. Brock) 10. The Banking Industry (Steven J. Pilloff) 11. The Health Care Industry (John Goddeeris) 12. The Public Accounting Industry (Philip G. Cottell, Jr.) 13. The College Sports Industry (John L. Fizel and Randall W. Bennett) 14. Public Policy in a Free Enterprise Economy (James W. Brock)

Title of related interest also from Waveland Press: Shepherd-Shepherd, The Economics of Industrial Organization, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577662785).