EAG Discussion Papers are the primary vehicle used to disseminate research from economists in the Economic Analysis Group (EAG) of the Antitrust Division. These papers are intended to inform interested individuals and institutions of EAG’s research program and to stimulate comment and criticism on economic issues related to antitrust policy and regulation.

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2008 Discussion Papers

The Implications of 'Zeroing' on Enforcement of U.S. Antidumping Law
William W. Nye, EAG 08-10, August 2008
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Should Banking Be Kept Separate from Commerce
Alexander Raskovich, EAG 08-9, August 2008
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Analyzing Mergers Using Capacity Closures
Nicholas Hill, EAG 08-8, August 2008
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Competition when Consumers Value Firm Scope
Nathan H. Miller, EAG 08-7, August 2008
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Optimal Sharing Strategies in Dynamic Games of Research and Development
Nisvan Erkal and Deborah Minehart, EAG 08-6, June 2008
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Electricity Restructuring in China: The Elusive Quest for Competition
Russell Pittman and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, EAG 08-5, April 2008
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Electricity Restructuring: What Has Worked, What Has Not, and What is Next
Jeff Lien, EAG 08-4, April 2008
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Dynamic Contract Breach
Fan Zhang, EAG 08-3, March 2008
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Appropriate Antitrust Policy Towards Single-Firm Conduct
Dennis W. Carlton and Ken Heyer, EAG 08-2, March 2008
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Safe Harbors for Quantity Discounts and Bundling
Dennis W. Carlton and Michael Waldman, EAG 08-1, January 2008
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2007 Discussion Papers

Mergers in Regulated Industries: Electricity
Dennis W. Carlton, EAG 07-16, December 2007
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The Need to Measure the Effect of Merger Policy and How to Do It
Dennis W. Carlton, EAG 07-15, December 2007
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Proposal For A Market-Based Solution to Airport Delays
W. Tom Whalen, Dennis W. Carlton, Ken Heyer, and Oliver Richard, EAG 07-14, October 2007
Published at 31 Regulation (2008).
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The Holdout Problem and Long-Term Contracting
Alexander Raskovich, EAG 07-13, September 2007
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Do Low-Quality Products Affect High-Quality Entry? Multiproduct Firms and Nonstop Entry in Airline Markets
Abraham Dunn, EAG 07-12, September 2007
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Anticompetitive Restraints on Public Charter Schools
John Hoven, EAG 07-11, September 2007
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Consumer Learning, Switching Costs, and Heterogeneity: A Structural Examination
Matthew Osborne, EAG 07-10, September 2007
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Consumer Surplus as the Appropriate Standard for Antitrust Enforcement
Russell Pittman, EAG 07-9, June 2007
Forthcoming in Competition Policy International.
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How Rebate Bans, Discriminatory MLS Listing Policies, and Minimum Service Requirements Can Reduce Price Competition for Real Estate Brokerage Services and Why It Matters
Matthew Magura, EAG 07-8, May 2007
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Optimal Sharing Strategies in Dynamic Games of Research and Development
Nisvan Erkal and Deborah Minehart, EAG 07-7, April 2007
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Market Definition: Use and Abuse
Dennis W. Carlton, EAG 07-6, April 2007
Published in Competition Policy International (2007).
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Will the Train Ever Leave the Station? The Private Provision of Freight Railway Service in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe
Russell Pittman, Oana Diaconu, Emanual Šip, Anna Tomová, and Jerzy Wronka, EAG 07-5, January 2007
Forthcoming in Journal of Competition Law and Economics.
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Price-Response Asymmetry and Spatial Differentiation in Local Retail Gasoline Markets
Jeremy A. Verlinda, EAG 07-4, January 2007
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Does Antitrust Need to be Modernized?
Dennis W. Carlton, EAG 07-3, January 2007
Published in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2007).
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Cold Case Files: The Athenian Grain Merchants 386 B.C.
Wayne R. Dunham, EAG 07-2, January 2007
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Patient Admission Patterns and Acquisitions of “Feeder” Hospitals
Sayaka Nakamura, Cory Capps and David Dranove, EAG 07-1, January 2007
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2006 Discussion Papers

Predicting the Competitive Effects of Mergers by Listening to Customers
Ken Heyer, EAG 06-11, September 2006
Forthcoming in Antitrust Law Journal (2007).
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Ordered Bargaining
Alexander Raskovich, EAG 06-10, September 2006
Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2007).
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Market Definition and Market Power in Payment Card Networks
Eric Emch and T. Scott Thompson, EAG 06-9, March 2006
Published in The Review of Network Economics (2006).
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Welfare Standards and Merger Analysis: Why not the Best?
Ken Heyer, EAG 06-8, March 2006
Published in Competition Policy International (2006).
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How and Why the Per Se Rule Against Price-Fixing Went Wrong
Sheldon Kimmel, EAG 06-7, March 2006
Forthcoming in Supreme Court Economic Review (2008).
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Abuse of Dominance Enforcement under Latin American Competition Laws
Maria Coppola Tineo and Russell Pittman, EAG 06-6, February 2006
Published in Philip Marsden, ed., Handbook of Research in Trans-Atlantic Antitrust (2006).
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Investment Incentives and Market Power: An Experimental Analysis
Dean V. Williamson, Céline Jullien, Lynne Kiesling, and Carine Staropoli, EAG 06-5, January 2006
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Organization, Control and the Single Entity Defense in Antitrust
Dean V. Williamson, EAG 06-4, January 2006
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Innovation and Ex Ante Consideration of Licensing Terms in Standard Setting
Tor Winston, EAG 06-3, March 2006
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What Is the Effect of U.S. Antidumping Duties on Imports? Some Evidence from the Sunset Review Process
William W. Nye, EAG 06-2, February 2006
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Competition or Collusion? Negotiating Discounts Off Posted Prices
Alexander Raskovich, EAG 06-1, February 2006
Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization (2007).
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