Assessing the Anticompetitive Effects of Multiproduct Pricing /

In response to the "standardless" approach used in LePage's v. 3M, the Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) and others advocate using a discount allocation approach to assess whether bundled loyalty discounts violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act. This approach treats loyalty disco...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

1. Verfasser:

Carlton, Dennis W.

Körperschaft:

National Bureau of Economic Research

Weitere Verfasser:

Greenlee, Patrick, Waldman, Michael

Format:

Elektronisch E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Veröffentlicht:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2008.

Zusammenfassung:

In response to the "standardless" approach used in LePage's v. 3M, the Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) and others advocate using a discount allocation approach to assess whether bundled loyalty discounts violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act. This approach treats loyalty discounts like predatory pricing. The analogy to predatory pricing is flawed. We propose an alternative approach that focuses on the presence of significant scale economies. We use our approach to analyze LePage's, as well as the recent PeaceHealth decision.

Umfang:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Anmerkungen:

July 2008.

Schlagworte:

Antitrust Issues and Policies