Antitrust, Vol. 27, No. 3, Summer 2013
In this article, Dr. Scott Morton focuses on contracts that reference rivals (CRRs), such as most-favored-nation provisions (MFNs), and provides a brief survey of past and current CRR cases, as well as the findings in economic literature. CRRs have been and will likely remain to be the subject of antitrust scrutiny in government and private litigation as seen in the recent Apple e-books case. To read the article, click the link below
How capacity constraints shape unilateral price effects in horizontal mergers
Examples include hospitals with a fixed number of beds, and hotels with a fixed number of rooms. In the article “Unilateral Price Effects in Horizontal...