Term:
Profitability
Definition:
Measures of profitability figure prominently in both the empirical literature in industrial organization and in the resolution of anti-trust cases. At issue is the extent to which observed (accounting) measures of profitability can indicate the presence of monopoly power.
Domain:
Finance
Source:
Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law, compiled by R. S. Khemani and D. M. Shapiro, commissioned by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD, 1993
