In this paper we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The paper begins with a … ways that might affect the optimality of competition. The paper then focuses on the main areas in which antitrust has been …

markets. One of the distinguishing features of the R&D globalization phenomenon is its concentration within the software … three important phenomena: (1) the globalization of R&D, (2) the growing importance of software and IT to firm innovation … large quantities of STEM workers who possessed IT and software skills. Our findings support the view that the globalization …

Applying principles of merger evaluation to the health care industry in general, and to hospital markets in particular … competition for patient and social welfare are complicated by asymmetric information and moral hazard due to health insurance. We … suggest a new empirical approach to assessing the impact of hospital competition which addresses the shortcomings of existing …

accession of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency. During McKinley's term in office the largest wave of merger activity in …

research in the areas of collusion and merger enforcement. Research relating to both collusion and mergers has made significant …-based measurement) and theoretical work in advancing our understanding of collusive and merger-related phenomena …

in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Through a model of enforcement, we find that agencies challenge mergers they expect …