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The Economics And Antitrust Of Bundling, Rajeev R. Bhattacharya
The Economics And Antitrust Of Bundling, Rajeev R. Bhattacharya
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This article explains the economics and antitrust of bundling. I first show that popular arguments such as demand complementarities, economies of scope, and price discrimination are not sufficient. I then detail potentially anticompetitive factors such as leverage and opacity. I then use simple examples to show how variation in consumer valuations explains bundling and is not anticompetitive. Finally, I explore other business judgment rule explanations for bundling.