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A Critical Evaluation of the FTC’s Theory of Product Hopping as a Way to Promote Competition

By  |  July 14, 2016

Posted by Social Science Research Network

A Critical Evaluation of the FTC’s Theory of Product Hopping as a Way to Promote Competition

Dennis W. Carlton (University of Chicago), Frederic A. Flyer & Yoad Shefi (Compass Lexecon)

Abstract:      This paper evaluates the effect on competition of adopting the FTC’s product hopping theory as an antitrust doctrine. The paper criticizes the theory and explains why it would be a mistake to adopt it as a guide to antitrust liability.