Economics at the FTC: Mergers, Dominant-Firm Conduct, and Consumer Behavior

Economists at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pursue the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, in antitrust, we discuss the new Merger Guidelines, three exclusion cases, and R&D issues in the Thoratec/HeartWare merger and the Google/AdMob merge...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Review of industrial organization 2010-12, Vol.37 (4), p.263-277
Hauptverfasser:	Farrell, Joseph, Pappalardo, Janis K., Shelanski, Howard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquisitions & mergers Anti-trust legislation Antitrust Business consolidation Commercial policy Competition Consumer behavior Consumer credit Consumer economics Consumer protection Consumer research Debt reduction Disclosure Discounts Economic competition Economics Economics and Finance Economists FDA approval Federal Trade Commission Fees Google, Inc Government departments Household appliances Incentives Industrial Organization Innovations Mergers Microeconomics Mobile advertising Monopoly Organizational analysis Product introduction Product labeling R&D Research & development Studies Trade policy U.S.A United States Federal trade commission
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Zusammenfassung:	Economists at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pursue the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, in antitrust, we discuss the new Merger Guidelines, three exclusion cases, and R&D issues in the Thoratec/HeartWare merger and the Google/AdMob merger. In consumer protection, we discuss the FTC's new rule on debt settlement, our efforts to improve disclosures, and our recent work on appliance energy disclosures.
ISSN:	0889-938X 1573-7160
DOI:	10.1007/s11151-010-9268-2