In the October 2015 issue of The Antitrust Source, John Woodbury comments on a provocative paper suggesting that shareholding by institutional investors has had a substantial and adverse impact on competition, the recovery from the Great Recession, and income inequality. He also comments on a report recently released by the US antitrust agencies on their FY 2014 enforcement activities. To read more, click the link below.
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...