Carlton, Dennis W.; Heyer, Ken - Antitrust Division, Department of Justice - 2008
In this article we distinguish between two types of single-firm conduct. The first, which we call "extraction," is … rivals. The second, which we call “extension," is single firm conduct that increases the firm’s profit by weakening or … single-firm conduct the following: Conduct merely to extract surplus the firm has created independent of the conduct’s effect …