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Critical Thinking about "Critical Loss" in Antitrust

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Danger, K.
Frech, H.E.III.

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Abstract

The critical loss test proposed by Barry Harris and Joseph Simons has become popular in helping define U.S. antitrust markets. The test commonly leads to large, inclusive markets. We show that it is problematic, for several reasons.

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Paper provided by U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division in its series Papers with number 01-4.

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Length: 17 pages
Date of creation: 2001
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Handle: RePEc:fth:usjuat:01-4

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Postal: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; ANTITRUST DIVISION, JUDICIARY CENTER BUILDING 555 4TH ST. N.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20001 U.S.A..
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Keywords: MERGERS ; ANTITRUST LEGISLATION ; MARKET;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection

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  1. Markku Stenborg, 2004. "Are There Biases in the Market Definition Procedure?," Discussion Papers 903, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy. [Downloadable!]
  2. John Simpson, 2003. "Geographic markets in hospital mergers: a case study," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 291-303, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Ted Frech, 2002. "Corporate Demography and Empirical Industrial Organization: A Critical Appraisal," University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series wp7-01, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara. [Downloadable!]
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