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Competition Policy and Price Fixing
Louis Kaplow
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Description for Competition Policy and Price Fixing
Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 25 line illus. BIC Classification: KCLF; LNCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 848.
Throughout the world, the rule against price fixing is competition law's most important and least controversial prohibition. Yet there is far less consensus than meets the eye on what constitutes price fixing, and prevalent understandings conflict with the teachings of oligopoly theory that supposedly underlie modern competition policy. Competition Policy and Price Fixing provides the needed analytical foundation. It offers a fresh, in-depth exploration of competition law's horizontal agreement requirement, presents a systematic analysis of how best to address the problem of coordinated oligopolistic price elevation, and compares the resulting direct approach to the orthodox prohibition. In doing so, Louis ... Read more
Throughout the world, the rule against price fixing is competition law's most important and least controversial prohibition. Yet there is far less consensus than meets the eye on what constitutes price fixing, and prevalent understandings conflict with the teachings of oligopoly theory that supposedly underlie modern competition policy. Competition Policy and Price Fixing provides the needed analytical foundation. It offers a fresh, in-depth exploration of competition law's horizontal agreement requirement, presents a systematic analysis of how best to address the problem of coordinated oligopolistic price elevation, and compares the resulting direct approach to the orthodox prohibition. In doing so, Louis ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691158624
SKU
V9780691158624
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About Louis Kaplow
Louis Kaplow is the Finn M. W. Caspersen and Household International Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard University and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His books include The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics (Princeton).
Reviews for Competition Policy and Price Fixing
"[H]is contribution to the debate is novel, provocative, and important."
Choice "[V]ery well documented... I highly recommend to economists and lawyers, as well as those working in competition policy issues than those in charge of its implementation."
David Encaoua, Journal of Economics "I highly recommend [Kaplow's book] to economists and lawyers, as well as those working in competition policy issues than those ... Read more
Choice "[V]ery well documented... I highly recommend to economists and lawyers, as well as those working in competition policy issues than those in charge of its implementation."
David Encaoua, Journal of Economics "I highly recommend [Kaplow's book] to economists and lawyers, as well as those working in competition policy issues than those ... Read more