Overview
- Explores antitrust themes through basic economic models
- Provides commentary on both classical and modern antitrust economics
- Examines the issue of monopoly and mergers from a multi-market perspective
Part of the book series: Quantitative Perspectives on Behavioral Economics and Finance (QPBEF)
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Antitrust economics is a field that draws extensively on the economic theory of industrial organization, and the field's frontier is at the cutting edge of economic research. This book bridges the gap between introductory texts and advanced research volumes by presenting select themes in antitrust economics and modeling. All from a neoclassical perspective, the author begins by discussing classic monopoly, continues to add more markets to the mix—via spillover effects and horizontal/vertical mergers—and then explores logical ties to international trade and regulated industries. While brief and selective, the method provides a basic analytical reference point for approaching special antitrust topics not covered here, such as tying, bundling, and exclusive dealing. Such analytics are sometimes likened to a rational defense of monopoly and related anti-competitive behavior, but are essential to explicating antitrust economics from a mainstream Western economic vantage.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Classical Antitrust Economics
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Multi-Market Antitrust Economics
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Antitrust and Allied Economic Fields
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Scott Gilbert is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. He is the author of Business Liability and Economic Damages, Vice President of the National Association of Forensic Economics, and Board Member of the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multi-Market Antitrust Economics
Authors: Scott Gilbert
Series Title: Quantitative Perspectives on Behavioral Economics and Finance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69386-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69385-9Published: 15 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69386-6Published: 01 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-3986
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 136
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Finance, Capital Markets