Agency Structure, Case Selection, and Public Policy: Antitrust Enforcement at the FTC

Public Participation in the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws

Antitrust Enforcement ∗

This article explores the enforcement of those laws intended to promote competitive markets through the prohibition of certain practices such as price-fixing, welfare-reducing mergers, and monopolization. The discovery and prosecution of violations are examined including the role of leniency programs. The determination of penalties is investigated with an assessment of their relationship to opt...

Antitrust Enforcement and Marginal Deterrence

We study antitrust enforcement in which the fine must obey four legal principles: punishments should fit the crime, proportionality, bankruptcy considerations, and minimum fines. We integrate these legal principles into an infinitely-repeated oligopoly model. Bankruptcy considerations ensure abnormal cartel profits. We derive the optimal fine schedule that achieves maximal social welfare under ...

Whither symmetry? Antitrust analysis of intellectual property rights at the FTC and DOJ

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the translators agency and ideological manipulation in translation: the case of political texts in translation classes in iran

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