Abstract
Economists at the Federal Trade Commission pursue the agency's competition and consumer protection missions. In this year's essay, with respect to antitrust we discuss the analysis that is used in two areas where the Commission has recently been active: physician combinations and standard essential patents. In consumer protection, we discuss the FTC's recently released national study of the accuracy of consumer credit reports.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 303-326 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Review of Industrial Organization |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Antitrust
- Consumer protection
- Credit accuracy
- FTC
- Physician combinations
- Standard essential patents
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Strategy and Management
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation