20th Anniversary of the 1982 Merger Guidelines: On June 10, 2002, the Antitrust Division hosted a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the 1982 Merger Guidelines. This page provides links to:
Opinions presented in the following papers do not necessarily reflect the views of the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, or the Federal Trade Commission. into Antitrust Review of Horizontal Mergers The 1982 Merger Guidelines and the Ascent of the Hypothetical Monopolist Paradigm Entry in the Merger Guidelines Twenty Years of Merger Guidelines Enforcement at the FTC: An Economic Perspective The Contribution of the Merger Guidelines to the Analysis of Non-Horizontal Mergers The Merger Guidelines of the U.S. Department of Justice: In Perspective
Note: The 1968 and 1982 Merger Guidelines have been entirely superseded.
The 1984 Merger Guidelines have also been superseded, except for Section
4, which is still in effect. The Horizontal Merger Guidelines issued April
2, 1992 and revised April 8, 1997 by the U.S. Department of Justice and
the Federal Trade Commission are still in effect in their entirety. The
superseded guidelines are provided here for historical reference only. |