Economics of regulation and antitrust /

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Author / Creator:Viscusi, W. Kip.
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000.
Description:xxvi, 864 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4332835
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Other authors / contributors:Vernon, John M. (John Mitcham), 1937-
Harrington, Joseph Emmett, 1957-
ISBN:0262220628 (hb)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Fourth Edition
  • 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 Vertical Restraints
  • 9. Monopolization and Price Discrimination
  • II. Economic Regulation
  • 10. Introduction to Economic Regulation
  • 11. Theory of Natural Monopoly
  • 12. Natural Monopoly Regulation and Electric Power
  • 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
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index