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Consumer Choice As The Best Way To Describe The Goals Of Competition Law, Robert H. Lande
Consumer Choice As The Best Way To Describe The Goals Of Competition Law, Robert H. Lande
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This article is both a short introduction to the Consumer Choice explanation for Competition Law or Antitrust Law, and also a short advocacy piece suggesting that Consumer Choice is the best way to articulate the goals of European Competition Law and United States Antitrust Law.
This article briefly:
- defines the consumer choice approach to antitrust or competition law and shows how it differs from other approaches;
- shows that the antitrust statutes and theories of violation embody a concern for optimal levels of consumer choice;
- shows that the United States antitrust case law embodies a concern for optimal levels of consumer …
The Effective Tax Rate Of The Largest Us And Eu Multinationals, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Yaron Lahav
The Effective Tax Rate Of The Largest Us And Eu Multinationals, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Yaron Lahav
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The United States has the second highest statutory corporate tax rate in the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) (after Japan).1 This has not always been the case. After the Tax Reform Act of 1986 lowered the U.S. rate from 46% to 34%,2 the United States had one of the lowest statutory corporate tax rates in the OECD.3 In the past twenty-five years, however, the U.S. rate has remained essentially unchanged (it was raised to 35% in 1993),4 while most other OECD countries reduced their statutory rate so that the OECD average statutory corporate tax rate is 25.1%.