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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150252103321

Autore

Hovenkamp Herbert <1948->

Titolo

Federal antitrust policy : the law of competition and its practice / / Herbert Hovenkamp, Ben V. & Dorothy Willie Professor, University of Iowa, College of Law

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Paul, Minnesota : , : West Academic Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-63460-212-9

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1,278 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Hornbook series

Disciplina

343.730721

Soggetti

Antitrust law - United States

Antitrust law - Economic aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Foundations: policy and measurement. The basic economics of antitrust -- History and ideology in antitrust policy -- Market power and market definition -- Part 2. The substance of antitrust. Antitrust policy toward collusion and oligopoly -- Joint ventures of competitors, concerted refusals, patent licensing, and the rule of reason -- Exclusionary practices and the dominant firm: the basic doctrine of monopolization and attempt -- Exclusionary practices in monopolization and attempt cases -- Predatory and other exclusionary pricing -- Vertical integration and vertical mergers -- Tie-ins, reciprocity, exclusive dealing and most favored nation agreements -- Intrabrand restraints on distribution -- Mergers of competitors -- Conglomerate mergers -- Price discrimination and the Robinson-Patman Act -- Part 3. Antitrust as a regulatory institution. Public enforcement of the federal antitrust laws -- Private enforcement -- Damages -- Antitrust and the process of democratic government -- Antitrust and federal regulatory policy -- Antitrust federalism and the "state action" doctrine -- The reach of the federal antitrust laws.