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Antitrust and Trade Regulation

George A. Hay

2014

Monopoly power

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Single Firm Conduct, George A. Hay Dec 2014

Single Firm Conduct, George A. Hay

George A. Hay

My assignment is to discuss likely future developments involving single firm conduct. I will first discuss general trends and then move on to discuss some specific areas of the law. At the outset, however, I should remind the reader that what follows are predictions, not endorsements.


Market Power In Antitrust, George A. Hay Dec 2014

Market Power In Antitrust, George A. Hay

George A. Hay

The concept of market power is at the core of antitrust. Philosophically, antitrust policy is aimed primarily at preventing firms from achieving, retaining, or abusing market power. Operationally, assessing whether a firm or firms have market power or any reasonable prospect for achieving it is often the first (and sometimes, the only) step in performing an antitrust analysis. Few would dispute that market power should play a prominent role in antitrust analysis. Nevertheless, important questions remain. Some of these questions quite naturally focus on the precise degree of importance given to market power. Is it an essential ingredient in antitrust …