Edward H. Chamberlin, 1899-1967

Economistul nordamerican Edward Hastings Chamberlin a studiat la universitatile din Iowa, Michigan si Harvard, unde si-a dat doctoratul in 1927. Activitatea sa docenta a realizat-o la Harvard de-a lungul intregii sale vieti.

In 1933 a publicat o analiza a concurentei monopoliste foarte ingenioasa si originala, stabilind o generalizare a conditiilor de echilibru aplicabila la orice situatie intermediara dintre monopol si libera concurenta. Concurenta monopolista este situatia de piata care se genereaza cand intreprinderile incearca sa-si diferentieze produsele si sa creeze o situatie asemanatoare celei de monopol. Aceste propuneri au coincis in timp cu teoria concurentei imperfecte a lui Joan Robinson, intarindu-se reciproc. 

In ciuda acestui important aport initial, restul creatiilor stiintifice ale lui Chamberlin sunt de mica valoare deoarece el s-a limitat doar la a explica, divulga si apara aceeasi idee.

Lucrari

• "Duopoly: Values where sellers are few", 1929, QJE 
• Theory of Monopolistic Competition, 1933. 
• "Advertising Costs and Equilibrium", 1944, RES. 
• "Proportionality, Divisibility and Economics of Scale", 1948, QJE. 
• "An Experimental Imperfect Market", 1948, JPE. 
• "Product Heterogeneity and Public Policy", 1950, AER. 
• "Monopolistic Competition Revisited", 1951. 
• "Impact of Recent Monopoly Theory on the Schumpeterian System", 1951, REStat. 
• "Full Cost and Monopolistic Competition", 1952, EJ. 
• "The Product as an Economic Variable", 1953, QJE. 
• "Some Aspects of Nonprice Competition", 1954, en Huegy, editor, Role and Nature of Competition. 
• "Measuring the Degree of Monopoly and Competition", 1954, en Chamberlin, editor, Monopoly and Competition and their Regulation. 
• "The Monopoly Power of Labor", 1957, en Wright, editor, Impact of the Union. 
• "On the Origin of Oligopoly", 1957, EJ. 
• Towards a More General Theory of Value, 1957.