This paper analyses the role of relationship among suppliers and buyers of inputs in condition of bilateral oligopoly, using the kaleckian concept of monopoly degree. It finds that the tradeoff among sectors alters the degree of monopoly of the sectors, and consequently of the economy as a...

The paper discusses the use of indicators, constructed with data from North American industrial sectors, and their application in the discussion of public policies, especially in competition policy, and to a lesser extent, in foreign trade policy. The premise is that the structure of domestic...

While often times the Hypothetical Monopolist Test (HMT) utilized in relevant market delineation is implemented with uniform price increases throughout all the goods in the candidate relevant market, since 1984 the versions of the U.S. Merger Guidelines have emphasized that these small but...