The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust
The Public-Choice Perspective
387 pages
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12 line drawings, 68 tables
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6 x 9
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© 1995
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Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
1: Introduction and Overview
Fred S. McChesney, William F. Shughart II.
2: Public-Choice Theory and Antitrust Policy
William F. Shughart II
Pt. 1: In Search of the Public-Interest Model of Antitrust
Fred S. McChesney
3: What Do Economists Think about Antitrust?: A Random Walk down
Pennsylvania Avenue
Paul H. Rubin
4: The Economic Effects of the Antitrust Laws (1966)
George J. Stigler
5: A Statistical Study of Antitrust Enforcement (1970)
Richard A. Posner
6: The Economic Determinants of Antitrust Activity (1973)
William F. Long, Richard Schramm, Robert D. Tollison.
7: Is Collusion Profitable? (1976)
Peter Asch, Joseph J. Seneca.
Pt. 2: The Positive Economics of Antitrust Enforcement
Bruce Yandle
8: Did Antitrust Policy Cause the Great Merger Wave? (1985)
George Bittlingmayer
9: Antimerger Policy under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: A Reexamination of
the Market-Power Hypothesis (1985)
B. Espen Eckbo, Peggy Wier.
10: The Employment Consequences of the Sherman and Clayton Acts (1991)
William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison.
11: Antitrust Enforcement and Foreign Competition
William F. Shughart II, Jon Silverman, Robert D. Tollison.
Pt. 3: The Public-Choice Model of Antitrust
Louis De Alessi
12: Antitrust Pork Barrel (1982)
Roger L. Faith, Donald R. Leavens, Robert D. Tollison.
13: Bureaucracy and Politics in FTC Merger Challenges (1990)
Malcolm B. Coate, Richard S. Higgins, Fred S. McChesney.
14: Monopolies and Mergers Commission, Merger Reports, and the Public
Interest: A Probit Analysis (1992)
Charlie Weir
Pt. 4: Public Choice and the Origins of Antitrust
William E. Kovacic
15: Antitrust before the Sherman Act
Donald J. Boudreaux, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Stephen Parker.
16: Business Restraints and the Clayton Act of 1914: Public- or
Private-Interest Legislation?
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Michael J. McDonald, Robert D. Tollison.
17: Output and Stock Prices When Antitrust Is Suspended: The Effects of
the NIRA
George Bittlingmayer
Pt. 5: Retrospect and Prospect
William F. Shughart II
18: Be True to Your School: Chicago’s Contradictory Views of Antitrust
and Regulation (1991)
Fred S. McChesney
19: The Unjoined Debate
Fred S. McChesney, William F. Shughart II.
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
1: Introduction and Overview
Fred S. McChesney, William F. Shughart II.
2: Public-Choice Theory and Antitrust Policy
William F. Shughart II
Pt. 1: In Search of the Public-Interest Model of Antitrust
Fred S. McChesney
3: What Do Economists Think about Antitrust?: A Random Walk down
Pennsylvania Avenue
Paul H. Rubin
4: The Economic Effects of the Antitrust Laws (1966)
George J. Stigler
5: A Statistical Study of Antitrust Enforcement (1970)
Richard A. Posner
6: The Economic Determinants of Antitrust Activity (1973)
William F. Long, Richard Schramm, Robert D. Tollison.
7: Is Collusion Profitable? (1976)
Peter Asch, Joseph J. Seneca.
Pt. 2: The Positive Economics of Antitrust Enforcement
Bruce Yandle
8: Did Antitrust Policy Cause the Great Merger Wave? (1985)
George Bittlingmayer
9: Antimerger Policy under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: A Reexamination of
the Market-Power Hypothesis (1985)
B. Espen Eckbo, Peggy Wier.
10: The Employment Consequences of the Sherman and Clayton Acts (1991)
William F. Shughart II, Robert D. Tollison.
11: Antitrust Enforcement and Foreign Competition
William F. Shughart II, Jon Silverman, Robert D. Tollison.
Pt. 3: The Public-Choice Model of Antitrust
Louis De Alessi
12: Antitrust Pork Barrel (1982)
Roger L. Faith, Donald R. Leavens, Robert D. Tollison.
13: Bureaucracy and Politics in FTC Merger Challenges (1990)
Malcolm B. Coate, Richard S. Higgins, Fred S. McChesney.
14: Monopolies and Mergers Commission, Merger Reports, and the Public
Interest: A Probit Analysis (1992)
Charlie Weir
Pt. 4: Public Choice and the Origins of Antitrust
William E. Kovacic
15: Antitrust before the Sherman Act
Donald J. Boudreaux, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Stephen Parker.
16: Business Restraints and the Clayton Act of 1914: Public- or
Private-Interest Legislation?
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Michael J. McDonald, Robert D. Tollison.
17: Output and Stock Prices When Antitrust Is Suspended: The Effects of
the NIRA
George Bittlingmayer
Pt. 5: Retrospect and Prospect
William F. Shughart II
18: Be True to Your School: Chicago’s Contradictory Views of Antitrust
and Regulation (1991)
Fred S. McChesney
19: The Unjoined Debate
Fred S. McChesney, William F. Shughart II.
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
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