The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195120159 ISBN 13: 9780195120158

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Antitrust Revolution, 3/e examines the critical role of economic analysis in U.S. antitrust policy. The book consists of economic studies of nineteen of the most significant antitrust cases of recent years, eleven of them new in this edition. These cases include practices by Kodak, Visa, and Microsoft; mergers, proposed or consummated, involving Baltimore Gas & Electric and PEPCO, Bell Atlantic and Nynex, and Staples and Office Depot; and other competitive issues such as universities' financial aid practices, the marketing of television rights by sports leagues, techniques for price coordination by airlines, and vertical relationships between media companies. Overview essays precede the three sections of the book: horizontal structure, horizontal practices, and vertical and complementary market issues.
Commissioned and edited by John Kwoka and Lawrence White, these case studies are all written by prominent economists who participated in the proceedings. These economists were responsible for formulating the economic issues, undertaking the necessary economic research, and offering the economic arguments in court. As a result, they are uniquely qualified to describe the cases. Collectively, this volume provides detailed and comprehensive insight into the central role that is now played and will be played by economics in the antitrust process.

About this title

About the Author

John E. Kwoka, Professor of Economics, George Washington University. Lawrence J. White, Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University.

Review

"The new edition looks terrific! I am using three chapters for my 'Law, Economics, and Strategy' course next term."--Kathyrn Spier, Northwestern University

"A very powerful book. Students, after finishing it, should feel a sense of outrage and a desire to do something about the problems....The readings should stimulate discussion."--Robert Langran, Villanova University

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0195120159
• ISBN 13: 9780195120158
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Kwoka Jr. John E., White Lawrence J.