A Rationale for the “Meeting Competition Defense” when Competitive Pressure Varies Across Markets
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Keywords
third-degree price discrimination; Robinson-Patman Act; meeting competition defense; oligopoly; welfare.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2022-09-05 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IND-2022-09-05 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-2022-09-05 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-REG-2022-09-05 (Regulation)
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