This chapter analyzes the private rationale and the social costs and benefits of market
foreclosure, here defined as a firm's restriction of output in one market through the use of …

In this chapter we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets.
The chapter begins with a brief review of antitrust legislation. We then discuss whether and …

Switching costs and network effects bind customers to vendors if products are incompatible,
locking customers or even markets in to early choices. Lock-in hinders customers from …

We propose an analysis of platform competition based on the academic literature with a
view towards competition policy. First, we discuss to which extent competition can emerge in …

Nearly all of the aspects of federal antitrust policy are covered in this treatise. And it's written
so you don't need a background in economics to understand it. Expert narration states the …

This paper measures the impact of vertically integrated and exclusive software on industry
structure and welfare in the sixth-generation of the US video game industry (2000–2005). I …

The chapter has ten sections, which cover the theory of two-sided markets and related
empirical work. Section 1 introduces the reader to the literature. Section 2 covers the case of …

The paper studies contracting between one principal and N agents in the presence of
multilateral externalities. When the principal commits to publicly observed bilateral contracts …

In this paper, we provide a conceptual framework for understanding the phenomenon of
exclusive dealing, and we explore the motivations for and effects of its use. For a broad class …

Predatory pricing poses a dilemma that has perplexed and intrigued the antitrust community
for many years. On one hand, history and economic theory teach that predatory pricing can …