Elizabeth Wang has published an article entitled “Economic Tools for Evaluating Competitive Harm in Horizontal Mergers,” which appeared in the August 2013 issue of Practical Law. The author addresses the meaning of competitive harm and the economic tools and evidence commonly used by the antitrust agencies and economists in analyzing competitive harm for horizontal mergers. Click below to read the article.
Assessing umbrella pricing incentives
When collusive agreements involve a subset of firms in an industry, they may create the incentive and ability for firms that are not participants in the cartel...