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This brief essay introduces a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Economics devoted to the recent burst of empirical work in industrial organization. Trends in empirical research in this field are discussed, emphasizing the ways in which recent work builds upon and departs from earlier traditions. The papers in this special issue, which exemplify these developments, are briefly discussed. Copyright 1987 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.