Quality and Competition : An Essay in Economic Theory

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Quality Variability and Existing Economic Theory -- I. The Inadequacy of the Present Competitive Ideal -- II. The Incompleteness of Price Theory -- III. Foundations for a Theory of Quality -- Part Two. The Theory of Choice Of Quality -- IV. Basic And Derived Wants -- V. Some Needed Assumptions -- VI. Consumers’ and Producers’ Behavior -- VII. Some Distinctions Made Possible by the Theory -- Part Three. The Quality Variable and Competition -- VIII. The Nature of Economic Competition -- IX. Price and Nonprice Aspects of Competition -- X. Quality Competition -- XI. Equilibrium under Pure Quality Competition -- XII. Quality and Price Competition Combined -- XIII. Incomplete Competition -- XIV. Some Conclusions are Drawn -- Bibliography -- Index