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Monopsony As An Agency And Regulatory Problem In Health Care, Peter J. Hammer, William M. Sage Jan 2004

Monopsony As An Agency And Regulatory Problem In Health Care, Peter J. Hammer, William M. Sage

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Antitrust, Health Care Quality, And The Courts, Peter J. Hammer, William M. Sage Jan 2002

Antitrust, Health Care Quality, And The Courts, Peter J. Hammer, William M. Sage

Law Faculty Research Publications

Antitrust law represents the principal legal tool that the United States employs to police private markets, yet it often relegates quality and nonprice considerations to a secondary position. While antitrust law espouses the belief that vigorous competition will enhance quality as well as price, little evidence exists of the practical ability of courts to deliver on that promise. In this Article, Professors Hammer and Sage examine American health care as a vehicle for advancing understanding of the nexus among competition, quality, and antitrust law. The Article reports the results of a comprehensive empirical review of judicial opinions in health care …


The October 1992 Supreme Court Term And Antitrust: More Objectivity Than Ever, Stephen Calkins Jan 1994

The October 1992 Supreme Court Term And Antitrust: More Objectivity Than Ever, Stephen Calkins

Law Faculty Research Publications

Time and again the Rehnquist Court has favored antitrust certainty. When faced with a choice between achieving individualized justice and adhering to relatively clear, generalized rules, it has usually chosen the latter. The certainty of objective evidence has been preferred to the more customized resort to subjective evidence.

This pattern continued during the 1992-93 term. Perceived objectivity through generalized rules triumphed in the term's four antitrust cases, Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan, Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California, and Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco …


Supreme Court Antitrust 1991-92: The Revenge Of The Amici, Stephen Calkins Jan 1993

Supreme Court Antitrust 1991-92: The Revenge Of The Amici, Stephen Calkins

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


The 1990-91 Supreme Court Term And Antitrust: Toward Greater Certainty, Stephen Calkins Jan 1992

The 1990-91 Supreme Court Term And Antitrust: Toward Greater Certainty, Stephen Calkins

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


The New Merger Guidelines And The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, Stephen Calkins Jan 1983

The New Merger Guidelines And The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, Stephen Calkins

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.