Tag: Consumer Welfare
The Regulation of Interchange Fees by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board:...
David Evans, Robert Litan, Richard Schmalensee, Mar 30, 2011
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") is the latest of a series...
A Clear Vision for the ICN’s Second Decade
Sophie Mitchell, Jul 14, 2011
The tenth annual conference of the International Competition Network ("ICN") held in The Hague, The Netherlands, in May 2011, marked...
The Regulation of Interchange Fees by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board:...
David Evans, Robert Litan, Richard Schmalensee, Mar 30, 2011
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("Board") is the latest of a series...
A First Principles Approach to Antitrust Enforcement in the Agricultural Industry
Geoffrey Manne, Joshua Wright, Apr 29, 2010
In March 2010, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the United States Department of Agriculture began a series...
Identifying, Challenging, and Assigning Political Responsibility for State Regulation Restricting Competition
Maureen Ohlhausen, Nov 01, 2006
This paper examines the role of competition advocacy in combating anticompetitive state regulation. Looking at the constraints facing competition officials...
The Impact of Behavioral Economics on Consumer and Competition Policies
Eliana Garces, Apr 01, 2010
Interesting questions are being asked about the policy implications of relaxing commonly held assumptions about how people make decisions. If...
Nine Modest Suggestions for the New EU Commissioner for Competition
Paul Lugard, Feb 23, 2010
This contribution includes some modest suggestions for areas where the new Commissioner and his staff may direct their attention. However,...
Competition and Innovation: A Non-Zero Sum Approach to Economic Growth
Shanker Singham, Jan 26, 2010
Consumer welfare, which should be the guiding principle of competition policy implementation, is often mistaken for consumer protection.Whereas consumer protection...
Price Discrimination and Welfare
Barry Nalebuff, Nov 01, 2009
Elhauge (2009) provides a wide-ranging article that is impressive both in its clarity and its holistic attack on the practice...
Vertical Restraints and Competition Policy Internet Sales, a New Dimension to...
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Kornel Mahlstein, Mar 12, 2009
The internet expands the size of the market and...
