Title: Antitrust Economics: Mergers, Contracting, and Strategic Behavior
Abstract: Part 1 Mergers: economies as an antitrust defense - the welfare trade-offs the vertical integration of production - market failure considerations antitrust enforcement and the modern corporation vertical merger guidelines - interpreting the 1982 reforms. Part 2 Contracting: the economics of antitrust - transaction cost considerations assessing vertical market restrictions - antitrust ramifications of the transaction cost approach assessing contrast. Part 3 Strategic behaviour: wage rates as a barrier to entry - the Pennington case in perspective predatory pricing - a strategic and welfare analysis pretrial uses of economists - on the use of incentive logic to screen predation. Part 4 Commentary: comments on the political economy of antitrust intellectual foundations of law and economics - the need for a broader view antitrust enforcement - where it has been, where it is going.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-10-01
Language: en
Type: book
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