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The 1968 Merger Guidelines: In Praise of Committing to Restraint

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  • Gregory J. Werden

    (U.S. Department of Justice)

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The 1968 Merger Guidelines of the U.S. Department of Justice remain a model for competition agencies around the world because they courageously articulated when the Department would exercise its prosecutorial discretion by not challenging a horizontal merger.

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  • Gregory J. Werden, 2018. "The 1968 Merger Guidelines: In Praise of Committing to Restraint," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 53(3), pages 445-452, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:53:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s11151-018-9652-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-018-9652-x
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    Keywords

    Antitrust; Guidelines; Mergers;
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    JEL classification:

    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General

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