Economics of regulation and antitrust /

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Author / Creator:Viscusi, W. Kip.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1995.
Description:xxvii, 890 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2354662
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Other authors / contributors:Vernon, John M.
Harrington, Joseph Emmett, 1957-
ISBN:0262220490
Notes:"First MIT Press edition"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction. 2. The Making of a Regulation
  • I. Antitrust. 3. Introduction to Antitrust. 4. Efficiency and Technical Progress. 5. Oligopoly, Collusion, and Antitrust. 6. Market Structure and Strategic Competition. 7. Mergers. 8. Vertical Mergers and Restrictions. 9. Monopolization and Price Discrimination
  • II. Economic Regulation. 10. Introduction to Economic Regulation. 11. Theory of Natural Monopoly. 12. Natural Monopoly Regulation. 13. Franchise Bidding and Cable Television. 14. Public Enterprise. 15. Dynamic Issues in Natural Monopoly Regulation: Telecommunications. 16. The Regulation of Potentially Competitive Markets: Theory and Estimation Methods. 17. Economic Regulation of Transportation: Surface Freight and Airlines. 18. Economic Regulation of Energy: Crude Oil and Natural Gas
  • III. Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation. 19. Introduction: The Emergence of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation. 20. Valuing Life and Other Nonmonetary Benefits. 21. Environmental Regulation. 22. Product Safety. 23. Regulation of Workplace Health and Safety. 24. Patents and Pharmaceuticals.