Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to market theory and its European pioneers / Henry W. de Jong -- 2. Market theory in Europe / Henry W. de Jong -- 3. Economists from the German language area (nineteenth and twentieth centuries) / Henry W. de Jong -- 4. Market theory in the Low Countries / Henry W. de Jong -- 5. French political economy about industrial matters / Jacques De Bandt -- 6. Industrial economics in Italy / Patrizio Bianchi -- 7. The contributions of three English economists to the development of industrial economics / Michael A. Utton -- 8. Industrial economics in Scandinavia, 1880-1980 / Nicolai J. Foss and Peter Møllgaard -- 9. Introduction to the pioneers in North America / William G. Shepherd.

"This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their pioneering work has shaped the field's growing research as well as the past, present and future debates in Europe and America since 1880. This landmark book includes authoritative entries on all the major figures in both Europe and North America. "Pioneers of Industrial Organization" also reveals how public policies such as antitrust and regulation - and deregulation since the 1970s - can promote, or impede economic results and progress. Readers will find the intellectual pioneers, the theories and policies, and the debates, in all their variety. Some pioneers have been free-market advocates, others have been more protective of popular values, but all have strained to make the economic engine promote more wealth, progress and fairness. This book presents the people, ideas and debates with careful neutrality, and also with clear, concise writing." -- Book jacket.