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Mavericks, Mergers, And Exclusion: Proving Coordinated Competitive Effects Under The Antitrust Laws, Jonathan Baker Jan 2002

Mavericks, Mergers, And Exclusion: Proving Coordinated Competitive Effects Under The Antitrust Laws, Jonathan Baker

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Should Concentration Be Dropped From The Merger Guidelines?, Jonathan Baker, Steven Salop Jan 2001

Should Concentration Be Dropped From The Merger Guidelines?, Jonathan Baker, Steven Salop

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As members of the ABA Antitrust Section's Task Force on Fundamental Theory, we are pleased to provide a briefdiscussion of the appropriate role of market concentration in the review of mergers under the antitrust laws. Thispaper, organized in four main parts, will offer some suggestions for revising the Department of Justice and FederalTrade Commission Horizontal Merger Guidelines. A final section of this work will analyze whether it would bepreferable to conduct merger analysis by applying Professor Michael E. Porter's business strategy framework ratherthan the Merger Guidelines.


Econometric Analysis In Ftc V. Staples, Jonathan Baker Jan 1999

Econometric Analysis In Ftc V. Staples, Jonathan Baker

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In mid-1997, a federal district court in Washington, DC, granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) request for a preliminary injunction blocking the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot (Federal Trade Commission v. Staples, Inc. [hereafter, Staples] 1997a). The transaction would have combined two of the nation's three leading office superstore chains. The firms chose not to pursue the case further after the preliminary injunction was issued, thus giving up on their efforts to merge.


Continuous Regulatory Reform At The Federal Trade Commission, Jonathan Baker Jan 1997

Continuous Regulatory Reform At The Federal Trade Commission, Jonathan Baker

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