| Comment Number: | 548050-00017 |
| Received: | 6/4/2010 |
| Organization: | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Commenter: | Steven Salop |
| State: | DC |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | Horizontal Merger Guidelines Review Project: Proposed New Horizontal Merger Guidelines |
| Attachments: | 548050-00017.pdf Download Adobe Reader |
Comments:
In response to the Agencies’ request for Public Comments, I have attached a Comment on the issue of the role of price-cost margins in the new Horizontal Merger Guidelines. This Comment represents the views of a number of economists Michael Baye (Indiana) Aaron S. Edlin (Berkeley) Richard J. Gilbert (Berkeley) Jerry A. Hausman (MIT) Daniel L. Rubinfeld (Berkeley) Steven C. Salop (Georgetown) Richard L. Schmalensee (MIT) Lawrence White (NYU) Joshua D. Wright (George Mason)