Yasuhiro Sakai, Emeritus Professor: Shiga University, University of Tsukuba, Department of Economics, Shiga University, y-sakai@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp, Banba 1-1-1, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8522, JapanKeisuke Sasaki, Professor, Department of Economics, Toyo University, k_saki_k@toyo.jp, Hakusan 5-28-20, Bunkyouku, Tokyo, 112-8606, Japan

• Part I.- Chap. 1 Information and Distribution: The Role of Merchants in the Market Economy with Demand Risk (by Sakai).- Chap. 2 Risk Aversion and Information Transmission (by Sakai).- Chap. 3 Alternative Leader-Follower Models and Distribution Systems (by Sasaki).- Chap. 4 Import Traders and Distribution Channel Choice (by Sasaki).- Chap. 5 Information Sharing as Cause Relations in Marketing (by Sasaki).- Chap. 6 Distribution Systems and Informational Goods with Network Externality (by Sasaki).- Part II.- Chap. 7 The Value of Information in Duopoly (by Sakai).- Chap. 8 Information Sharing in Oligopoly: Private Risks and Oligopoly Models (by Sakai).- Chap. 9 Risk Aversion and Information Transmission: Risks and Duopoly Models (by Sakai).- Chap. 10 Non-Profit Firms, Information and Vertical Restraints (by Sasaki).

Yasuhiro Sakai, Emeritus Professor: Shiga University, University of Tsukuba, Department of Economics, Shiga University, y-sakai@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp, Banba 1-1-1, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8522, JapanKeisuke Sasaki, Professor, Department of Economics, Toyo University, k_saki_k@toyo.jp, Hakusan 5-28-20, Bunkyouku, Tokyo, 112-8606, Japan

• Part I.- Chap. 1 Information and Distribution: The Role of Merchants in the Market Economy with Demand Risk (by Sakai).- Chap. 2 Risk Aversion and Information Transmission (by Sakai).- Chap. 3 Alternative Leader-Follower Models and Distribution Systems (by Sasaki).- Chap. 4 Import Traders and Distribution Channel Choice (by Sasaki).- Chap. 5 Information Sharing as Cause Relations in Marketing (by Sasaki).- Chap. 6 Distribution Systems and Informational Goods with Network Externality (by Sasaki).- Part II.- Chap. 7 The Value of Information in Duopoly (by Sakai).- Chap. 8 Information Sharing in Oligopoly: Private Risks and Oligopoly Models (by Sakai).- Chap. 9 Risk Aversion and Information Transmission: Risks and Duopoly Models (by Sakai).- Chap. 10 Non-Profit Firms, Information and Vertical Restraints (by Sasaki).

Yasuhiro Sakai, Emeritus Professor: Shiga University, University of Tsukuba, Department of Economics, Shiga University, y-sakai@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp, Banba 1-1-1, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8522, JapanKeisuke Sasaki, Professor, Department of Economics, Toyo University, k_saki_k@toyo.jp, Hakusan 5-28-20, Bunkyouku, Tokyo, 112-8606, Japan

• Part I.- Chap. 1 Information and Distribution: The Role of Merchants in the Market Economy with Demand Risk (by Sakai).- Chap. 2 Risk Aversion and Information Transmission (by Sakai).- Chap. 3 Alternative Leader-Follower Models and Distribution Systems (by Sasaki).- Chap. 4 Import Traders and Distribution Channel Choice (by Sasaki).- Chap. 5 Information Sharing as Cause Relations in Marketing (by Sasaki).- Chap. 6 Distribution Systems and Informational Goods with Network Externality (by Sasaki).- Part II.- Chap. 7 The Value of Information in Duopoly (by Sakai).- Chap. 8 Information Sharing in Oligopoly: Private Risks and Oligopoly Models (by Sakai).- Chap. 9 Risk Aversion and Information Transmission: Risks and Duopoly Models (by Sakai).- Chap. 10 Non-Profit Firms, Information and Vertical Restraints (by Sasaki).