Tag: Consumer Welfare
A First Principles Approach to Antitrust Enforcement in the Agricultural Industry
Geoffrey Manne, Joshua Wright, Apr 29, 2010
In March 2010, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the United States Department of Agriculture began a series...
Identifying, Challenging, and Assigning Political Responsibility for State Regulation Restricting Competition
Maureen Ohlhausen, Nov 01, 2006
This paper examines the role of competition advocacy in combating anticompetitive state regulation. Looking at the constraints facing competition officials...
The Impact of Behavioral Economics on Consumer and Competition Policies
Eliana Garces, Apr 01, 2010
Interesting questions are being asked about the policy implications of relaxing commonly held assumptions about how people make decisions. If...
Nine Modest Suggestions for the New EU Commissioner for Competition
Paul Lugard, Feb 23, 2010
This contribution includes some modest suggestions for areas where the new Commissioner and his staff may direct their attention. However,...
Competition and Innovation: A Non-Zero Sum Approach to Economic Growth
Shanker Singham, Jan 26, 2010
Consumer welfare, which should be the guiding principle of competition policy implementation, is often mistaken for consumer protection.Whereas consumer protection...
Price Discrimination and Welfare
Barry Nalebuff, Nov 01, 2009
Elhauge (2009) provides a wide-ranging article that is impressive both in its clarity and its holistic attack on the practice...
Vertical Restraints and Competition Policy Internet Sales, a New Dimension to...
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Kornel Mahlstein, Mar 12, 2009
The internet expands the size of the market and...
Who’s Afraid of the Internet? Time to Put Consumer Interests at...
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Stephen Kinsella, Hanne Melin, Mar 12, 2009
The on-going review of the Vertical Restraints...
The DOJ’s Single-Firm Conduct Report: Promoting Consumer Welfare Through Clearer Standards...
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Thomas O. Barnett, Hill B. Wellford, Oct 1, 2008
On September 8, 2008, the...
Thoughts on the Chicago Legacy in U.S. Antitrust
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Richard Schmalensee, May 02, 2007
This article is based on remarks prepared for delivery...