Tag: Labor Markets
Collusion in the Labor Market: Intended and Unintended Consequences
In an effort to improve profits, employers sometimes collude in local labor markets. This has occurred recently in the markets for hardware and software...
No Poaching Agreements and Antitrust Enforcement
No-poaching agreements are agreements among rival employers to not recruit or hire another firm’s employees. These agreements affect the price of an input and...
Labor Practices Can Be an Antitrust Problem Even When Labor Markets...
In this article I argue that labor practices that are detrimental to workers can be an antitrust problem even if the labor market is...
The Goals of Competition Law Debate and Competition Policy for Labor...
In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in competition policy applied to labor markets. But the development of a coherent competition...
The Bias Against Low-Wage Labor Markets in Merger Analysis
Why are labor harms so rarely pled in antitrust cases? One factor may be the bias against low-wage labor markets in merger analysis. This...
The (Nearly) Forgotten Case of Labor Concerns in Brazilian Competition Policy:...
In the wake of new evidence of market power of firms over workers, as a widespread economic fact, it is worth revising how the...
The Limits of Antitrust Enforcement
Posted by New York Times
The Limits of Antitrust Enforcement
By Brishen Rogers
Just a few years ago, the mainstream economic and legal opinions held that...
