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Antitrust Policy

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  • Ronald W. Cotterill

    (University of Connecticut)

  • James Brock

    (Miami University)

Abstract

Antitrust policy and the economic analysis of related issues in the food channel have attracted the attention of agricultural economists since the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890. In this paper we endeavor to provide some information on the actual operation of antitrust policies in the food system and the more general economy during the 1980s. Mergers and acquisitions restructured many American industries during the decade. This review of actual conduct is a fitting prologue for our subsequent discussion of the federal merger guidelines and federal policy on price discrimination. Thus, this paper is organized into two sections. The first section reviews actual antitrust and merger activity during the 1980s. The scone section provides a review of the recent federal merger guidelines and the evolution of the price discrimination laws.

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  • Ronald W. Cotterill & James Brock, 1993. "Antitrust Policy," Issue Papers 02, University of Connecticut, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Charles J. Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy.
    • Handle: RePEc:zwi:ipaper:02
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    1. Oliver Budzinski & Jürgen-Peter Kretschmer, 2009. "Horizontal Mergers, Involuntary Unemployment, and Welfare," MAGKS Papers on Economics 200907, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    2. David Colander, 2018. "Retrospectives: The Lost Art of Economics," Chapters, in: How Economics Should Be Done, chapter 3, pages 25-32, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Stewart, Bob & Nicholson, Matthew & Dickson, Geoff, 2005. "The Australian Football League's Recent Progress: A Study In Cartel Conduct And Monopoly Power," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 95-117, September.

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