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The antitrust revolution : economics, competition, and policy / [edited by] John E. Kwoka and Lawrence J. White.

Contributor(s): Kwoka, John E | White, Lawrence J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0195120140 ; 0195120159 .Subject(s): Trusts, Industrial -- Government policy -- United States -- Case studies | Antitrust law -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studiesDDC classification: 338.85
Contents:
Part 1: Horizontal structure -- The economic and legal context -- Part 2: Horizontal practices -- The economic and legal context -- Part 3: Vertical and complementary market issues -- The economic and legal context.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book consists of a set of nineteen original essays on important recent antitrust cases. Each essay discusses a single case and was written by economists who actually participated in the case. The cases are organized into three major sections: horizontal structure; horizontal practices; and vertical and complementary market issues. Each section has an introductory/overview essay written by the editors. In this third edition, eleven new cases have been added, and eight cases from the second edition have been updated and shortened.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: Horizontal structure -- The economic and legal context -- Part 2: Horizontal practices -- The economic and legal context -- Part 3: Vertical and complementary market issues -- The economic and legal context.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Horizontal Structure
  • The Economic and Legal Context
  • 1 Joint Operating Agreement: Detroit Newspapers (1988)
  • 2 Hospital Competition and Costs: The Carilion Case (1989)
  • 3 Manifest Destiny: The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Manager (1996)
  • 4 Restructuring Electric Utilities: BG&E and Pepco Form Constellation(1997)
  • 5 Potential Competition in Local Telephone Service: Bell Atlantic-Nynex (1997)
  • 6 Prices, Market Definition, and the Effects of Merger: Staples-0ffice Depot (1997)
  • Part II Horizontal Practices
  • The Exonomic and Legal Context
  • 7 Facilitating Practices: The Ethyl Case (1984)
  • 8 The Reasonableness of Horizontal Restraints: NCAA (1984)
  • 9 Collusive Predation: Matsushita
  • 10 Predation by a Nondominant Firm: The Liggett Case (1993)
  • 11 Antitrust and Higher Education: MIT Financial Aid (1993)
  • 12 Joint Venture Membership: Visa and Discover Card (1993)
  • 13 Rapid Price Communication and Coordination: The Airline Tariff Publishing Case (1994)
  • Part III Vertical and Complementary Market Issues
  • The Economic and Legal Structure
  • 14 Tying and Exclusive Dealing: Jefferson Parish Hospital
  • 15 Resale Price Mainetenance Reexamined: Monsanto
  • 16 Links between Vertically Related Markets: Kodak (1992)
  • 17 Networks, Standards, the Use of Market Dominance: Microsoft (1995)
  • 18 Defense Industr Rationalization: Lockheed Martin (1995)
  • 19 Vertical and Horizontal Ownership in Cable TV: Time Warner-Turner (1996)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John E.KwokaProfessor of EconomicsGeorge Washington University.