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Does Cyberspace Need Antitrust?

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  • Eric Crampton

    (University of Canterbury)

  • Donald Boudreaux

    (George Mason University)

Abstract

E-commerce may prove a double-edged sword for antitrust enforcement. While the internet massively increases the potential size of the relevant market for any antitrust investigation, thereby reducing the need for antitrust activity, it also opens firms up to protectionist uses of antitrust by foreign authorities using an economic effects rule for jurisdiction. An origin-based policy of regulation is recommended.

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  • Eric Crampton & Donald Boudreaux, 2004. "Does Cyberspace Need Antitrust?," Industrial Organization 0401001, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
    • K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law

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