Controlling Mergers and Market Power: A Program for Reviving Antitrust in America - Softcover

Kwoka, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1950769577 ISBN 13: 9781950769575

Publisher: Competition Policy International, 2020

Synopsis

John Kwoka’s Controlling Mergers and Market Power: A Program for Reviving Antitrust in America is an important and timely contribution from a prominent antitrust economist and policy advisor. It has been many decades since questions about antitrust enforcement have been so prominent in political, economic, and scholarly debate. Mergers in countless industries, rising concentration throughout the economy, and the dominance of tech giants have brought renewed attention to the role and the responsibility of antitrust policy. But scholarly analysis of these issues, which Professor Kwoka has already contributed to in many ways, is not by itself enough. Once the underlying problems have been identified and documented, commentators and policymakers need to take the next step and provide sensible, enforceable, and economically rational proposals to address them. The purpose of this book is to do just that. Controlling Mergers and Market Power sets out a comprehensive, detailed, and rigorous program to revive antitrust, and merger control in particular, in the U.S. It analyzes the specific failures and weaknesses of current policy. Then, drawing on contemporary economic research and experience, it develops a series of specific proposals for reforming and revitalizing antitrust policy. Collectively, these reforms would reverse the trend toward a narrow, permissive antitrust policy, and strengthen competition in the economy. Few are better positioned to set out a program for reforming antitrust. Professor Kwoka’s earlier work on merger policy has been credited for its insights and for prompting renewed attention to the issues. In this new breakthrough contribution, he takes us through the next and necessary steps to revive antitrust in America.

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About the Author

John Kwoka is the Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics at Northeastern University. He has previously taught at several other universities and served in various capacities at the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, and the Federal Communications Commission. He is the author and editor of several books and numerous articles in professional journals, has lectured and consulted widely on the subject of competition and competition policy, and is regularly quoted in the media.

Edition details

• Publisher: Competition Policy International
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1950769577
• ISBN 13: 9781950769575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160