The causes and consequences of antitrust : the public-choice perspective / edited by Fred S. McChesney, and William F. Shughart II.

Other author McChesney, Fred S., 1948-
Other author Shughart, William F.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Descriptionxi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction and overview / Fred S. McChesney and William F. Shughart II -- Public-choice theory and antitrust policy / William F. Shughart II -- In search of the public-interest model of antitrust / Fred S. McChesney --What do economists think about antitrust?: a random walk down Pennsylvania Avenue / Paul H. Rubin -- The economic effects of the antitrust laws / George J. Stigler -- A statistical study of antitrust enforcement / Richard A. Posner -- The economic determinants of antitrust activity / William F. Long, Richard Schramm, and Robert D. Tollison -- Is collusion profitable? / Peter Asch and Joseph J. Seneca -- The positive economics of antitrust enforcement / Bruce Yandle -- Did antitrust policy cause the great merger wave? / George Bittlingmayer -- Antimerger policy under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: a reexamination of the market-power hypothesis / B. Espen Eckbo and Peggy Wier -- The employment consequences of the Sherman and Clayton Acts / William F. Shughart II and Robert D. Tollison -- Antitrust enforcement and foreign competition / William F. Shughart II, Jon Silverman, and Robert D. Tollison -- The public-choice model of antitrust / Louis De Alessi -- Antitrust pork barrel / Roger L. Faith, Donald R. Leavens, and Robert D. Tollison -- Bureaucracy and politics in FTC merger challenges / Malcolm B. Coate, Richard S. Higgins, and Fred S. McChesney -- Monopolies and mergers commission, merger reports, and the public interest: a probit analysis / Charlie Weir -- Public choice and the origins of antitrust / William E. Kovacic -- Antitrust before the Sherman Act / Donald J. Boudreaux, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, and Stephen Parker -- Business restraints and the Clayton Act of 1914: public- or private-interest legislation? / Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Michael J. McDonald, and Robert D. Tollison -- Output and stock prices when antitrust is suspended: the effects of the NIRA / George Bittlingmayer -- Retrospect and prospect / William F. Shughart II -- Be true to your school: Chicago's contradictory views of antitrust and regulation / Fred S. McChesney -- The unjoined debate / Fred S. McChesney and William F. Shughart II.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 351-363) and indexes.
LCCN 94027435
ISBN0226556344 (cl)
ISBN0226556352 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HD2795 .C27 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold