Economics at the FTC: Physician Acquisitions, Standard Essential Patents, and Accuracy of Credit Reporting

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...

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Published inReview of industrial organization Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 303 - 326
Main Authors Carlson, Julie A., Dafny, Leemore S., Freeborn, Beth A., Ippolito, Pauline M., Wendling, Brett W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer 01.12.2013
Springer US
Subjects
Acquisitions
Anti-trust legislation
Competition
Consumer credit
Consumer information
Consumer protection
Consumer research
Credit
Credit reports
Credit scores
Economics
Economics and Finance
Economists
Error rates
Industrial Organization
Injunctions
Litigation
Microeconomics
Physicians
Credit accuracy
Physician combinations
Consumer protection
Standard essential patents
FTC
Antitrust
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0889-938X
1573-7160
DOI:10.1007/s11151-013-9411-y