In perhaps no other area of competition policy is there greater dispute over the appropriate legal rule as there is over the practice of tying. The authors consider when tying is anti-competitive and when the practice should be prohibited, adopting economic efficiency as the policy criterion....

This paper assesses the current state of deregulation in Canadian markets for telephony, electricity and airlines. It is an opportune time to review the Canadian experience. Enough time has passed since the inception of deregulation, and sufficient problems have arisen in the transition towards...