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Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show THE ANTITRUST LAWS Historical Background Trusts P=MC Pricing Monopoly Pricing Regulatory Agencies Natural Monopolies

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Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show THE ANTITRUST LAWS Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 Established FTC Holds Hearings on Complaints Seeks Cease-and-Desist Orders Wheeler-Lea Act of 1938 Policing Deceptive Practices False Advertising Misleading Representation of Products

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Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show THE ANTITRUST LAWS Issues of Enforcement Active Antitrust Perspective Laissez-faire Perspective Creative Destruction (Chapter 26) Tradeoffs Among Objectives

Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show THE ANTITRUST LAWS Effectiveness of Antitrust Monopoly – Microsoft Case Mergers Merger Types Horizontal Merger Vertical Merger Conglomerate Merger Merger Guidelines Herfindahl Index (Chapter 25) Price Fixing – Per se Violations Tying Contracts

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Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show ABCDEF TUVWXYZ Raw Materials Finished Goods TYPES OF MERGERS AUTOS GLASS BLUE JEANS DENIM FABRIC The merger of suppliers T and U represent a HORIZONTAL MERGER.

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Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show INDUSTRIAL REGULATION Natural Monopoly Public Utilities Public Ownership Public Regulation Public Interest Theory of Regulation

Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005 Antitrust Policy and Regulation The Antitrust Laws Types of Mergers Industrial Regulation Social Regulation Key Terms Previous Slide Next Slide End Show INDUSTRIAL REGULATION Problems with Industrial Regulation Costs and Inefficiency Perpetuating Monopoly Legal Cartel Theory of Regulation Deregulation Outcomes of Deregulation

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antitrust policy industrial regulation social regulation Sherman Act Clayton Act tying contracts interlocking directorates Federal Trade Commission Act cease-and-desist order Wheeler-Lea Act Celler-Kefauver Act U.S. Steel case rule of reason Alcoa case Du Pont cellophane case horizontal merger vertical merger conglomerate merger per se violations natural monopoly public interest theory of regulation legal cartel theory of regulation ENDBACK Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005

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