Antitrust policy and the economic analysis of related issues in the food channel have attracted the attention of … agricultural economists since the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890. In this paper we endeavor to provide some … information on the actual operation of antitrust policies in the food system and the more general economy during the 1980s …

Mills for $450 million; however, the deal fell through because of active antitrust investigation. Two weeks later Nabisco …; however, it was immediately challenged by the state of New York on antitrust grounds. This paper is based to a large extent … upon the public record of that ongoing antitrust case and detailed supermarket scanner data on the ready-to-eat cereal …

. The antitrust laws are designed to prevent mergers that most likely will result in higher prices. Economists do three …

for consumer relief from the expansion of private label cereals, and more effective antitrust enforcement. This is no …

. Third, RTE is a specific example of takeovers, leveraged buyouts, and/or mergers in many food industries. In many food … in order to generate increased cash flows to meet financial terms of such deals. Mergers may generate gains in economic …

Antitrust laws, or alternatively competition laws, are now in place in over 100 nations. (UNCTAD, 2004, p. 12). Many …. This has been especially true over the past ten years. Virtually every country has antitrust statutes regarding monopoly …, mergers, and cartels. The economics underpinning these laws are common across all countries. Enforcement procedures, however …

milk, one must expand antitrust and other market monitoring activities to ensure that effective competition prevails. In …