CRA economists Steven Tenn and Josh Lustig supported the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its review of the proposed merger of two Chicago-area hospital systems, Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) and NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore). The CRA team analyzed antitrust and competitive issues regarding the provision of general acute care inpatient hospital services in the North Shore area of Chicago.
How compulsory licensing shaped innovation in the Xerox case
In a new article published in the Journal of Industrial Economics, CRA’s Robin Mamrak shows that opening up an incumbent’s patent portfolio can promote...