The Antitrust Laws

by Shenefield, John H.; Stelzer, Irwin M.

• ISBN13: 9780844738086
• ISBN10: 0844738085
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-03-01
• Publisher: Aei Pr

Summary

A former top antitrust officer at the U.S. Department of Justice and a noted economist guide readers through the increasingly complex antitrust laws.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Origins and Objectives of Antitrust	p. 5
The Statutes	p. 14
The Sherman Act	p. 14
The Clayton Act	p. 19
The Federal Trade Commission Act	p. 21
The Institutions and Procedures	p. 23
Picking Targets	p. 24
Criminal Prosecutions	p. 25
Going to Court	p. 26
Settlements	p. 27
The Analytical Framework: Markets and Market Power	p. 29
The Product Market	p. 30
The Geographic Market	p. 31
The Competitors	p. 31
Unilateral Activity	p. 35
Attempt to Monopolize	p. 37
Monopolization	p. 39
Competitors	p. 42
Price-Fixing	p. 43
Market Division	p. 47
Collective Refusals to Deal	p. 49
Joint Ventures and Other Horizontal Agreements	p. 51
Mergers and Acquisitions	p. 53
Premerger Notification Procedures	p. 54
Horizontal Mergers	p. 56
Vertical Mergers	p. 61
Conglomerate Mergers	p. 62
Relations with Customers	p. 64
Vertical Price Restraints	p. 65
Vertical Nonprice Restraints	p. 68
Tying Arrangements	p. 70
Exclusive Dealing	p. 73
Price Discrimination	p. 74
Vertical Refusals to Deal	p. 76
Complementary Regimes	p. 78
State Antitrust Enforcement	p. 78
International Antitrust Enforcement	p. 80
Private Actions	p. 82
Compliance	p. 84
Written Guidelines	p. 85
Compliance Sessions	p. 86
Documents	p. 87
Periodic Audits	p. 90
Some Common-Sense Guidelines	p. 92
Epilogue	p. 96
Appendix A: Basic Antitrust Statutes	p. 99
Appendix B: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index	p. 105
Appendix C: The Treaty of Rome, 1957	p. 107
Appendix D: Further Reading	p. 109
Notes	p. 111
About the Authors	p. 117
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