This is Volume 3 of the Handbook of Industrial Organization series (HIO). Volumes 1 & 2 published simultaneously in 1989 and many of the chapters were widely cited and appeared on graduate reading lists. Since the first volumes published, the field of industrial organization has continued to evolve and this volume fills the gaps. While the first two volumes of HIO contain much more discussion of the theoretical literature than of the empirical literature, it was representative of the field at that time. Since then, the empirical literature has flourished, while the theoretical literature has continued to grow, and this new volume reflects that change of emphasis.Thie volume is an excellent reference and teaching supplement for industrial organization or industrial economics, the microeconomics field that focuses on business behavior and its implications for both market structures and processes, and for related public policies.

Chapter 1. Recent Developments in the Theory of Regulation (Mark Armstrong and David Sappington)
Chapter 2. The Economic Analysis of Advertising (Kyle Bagwell)
Chapter 3. Empirical Models of Entry and Market Structure (Steven Berry and Peter Reiss)
Chapter 4. A Framework for Applied Dynamic Analysis in IO (Ulrich Doraszelski and Ariel Pakes)
Chapter 5. Coordination and Lock-In: Competition with Switching Costs and Network Effects (Joseph Farrell and Paul Klemperer)
Chapter 6. An Empirical Perspective on Auctions (Ken Hendricks and Robert Porter)
Chapter 7. A Primer on Foreclosure (Patrick Rey and Jean Tirole)
Chapter 8. Price Discrimination and Competition (Lars Stole)
Chapter 9. Market Structure: Theory and Evidence (John Sutton)
Chapter 10. Antitrust Policy Toward Horizontal Mergers (Michael Whinston)