The marginal price effects of antitrust rules against price discrimination

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 117
Issue: 3
Pages: 921-923

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The two central pricing rules contained in most antitrust laws are prohibitions of below-cost pricing and prohibitions of discriminatory pricing. This article shows that the rule against discriminatory pricing may actually induce firms to charge exclusionary below-cost prices, even in the complete absence of any predatory intent on the part of firms.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:921-923
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29