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Merger Analysis in the Courts

Authors
Malcolm B. Coate
Working Paper
207

This paper presents an analysis of the merger decisions between 1982-1992. The survey of cases suggests that the plaintiffs win roughly half the time. Plaintiffs were no more likely to win if a case

Market-Share Quotas

Authors
James D. Reitzes and Oliver R. Grawe
Working Paper
194

Anecdotal evidence reveals that an import quota is not always filled when the quota is specified in terms of a market-share limit instead of a quantity limit. In a simple Cournot duopoly, we provide a

Antidumping Policy

Authors
James D. Reitzes
Working Paper
192

We examine antidumping policy in a model where a foreign firm is a monopolist in the foreign market, but competes with a native firm in the home market. An antidumping policy changes strategic

Merger and Regulatory Incentives

Authors
Mark D. Williams
Working Paper
189

This paper examines the incentives for two-product price-regulated firms to cross-subsidize when there are no economies or diseconomies of scope. If the two products are Substitutes and each product