Economics of Regulation and Antitrust

Name: Economics of Regulation and Antitrust
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ISBN: 9780262220750

ISBN-10: 026222075X

ISBN-13: 9780262220750

Edition: 4th 2005

Authors: W. Kip Viscusi, Joseph E. Harrington, John M. Vernon

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This new edition of the leading text on business and government focuses on the insights economic reasoning can provide in analyzing regulatory and antitrust issues. Departing from the traditional emphasis on institutions, Economics of Regulation and Antitrustasks how economic theory and empirical analyses can illuminate the character of market operation and the role for government action and brings new developments in theory and empirical methodology to bear on these questions. The fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout, with new material added and extended discussion of many topics. Part I, on antitrust, has been given a major revision to reflect advances in…

Book details

List price: $105.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/19/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 960
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.740
Language: English

John Vernon is the author of the novels "La Salle, " "Lindbergh's Son," "Peter Doyle," & "All for Love: Baby Doe & Silver Dollar." He lives in Vestal, New York, & Estes Park, Colorado.



Preface to the Fourth Edition



Introduction



The Making of a Regulation



Antitrust



Introduction to Antitrust



Efficiency and Technical Progress



Oligopoly, Collusion, and Antitrust



Market Structure and Strategic Competition



Mergers



Vertical Mergers and Vertical Restraints



Monopolization and Price Discrimination



Economic Regulation



Introduction to Economic Regulation



Theory of Natural Monopoly



Natural Monopoly Regulation and Electric Power



Franchise Bidding and Cable Television



Public Enterprise



Dynamic Issues in Natural Monopoly Regulation: Telecommunications



The Regulation of Potentially Competitive Markets: Theory and Estimation Methods



Economic Regulation of Transportation: Surface Freight and Airlines



Economic Regulation of Energy: Crude Oil and Natural Gas



Health, Safety, And Environmental Regulation



Introduction: The Emergence of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation



Valuing Life and Other Nonmonetary Benefits



Environmental Regulation



Product Safety



Regulation of Workplace Health and Safety



Patents and Pharmaceuticals


Author Index


Subject Index