Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2010(2010), No. 141, pp. 1-18. Title: Concentration-compactness principle for variable exponent spaces and applications Authors: Julian Fernandez Bonder (Univ. de Buenos Aires, Argentina) Analia Silva (Univ. de Buenos Aires, Argentina) Abstract: In this article, we extend the well-known concentration - compactness principle by Lions to the variable exponent case. We also give some applications to the existence problem for the p(x)-Laplacian with critical growth. Submitted August 8, 2009. Published October 05, 2010. Math Subject Classifications: 35J20, 35J60. Key Words: Concentration-compactness principle; variable exponent spaces.