This dissertation is composed of five chapters that investigate the extent and role of economic rent in distribution … earn economic rent. One such mechanism is the two-stage ordering process with quantity discounts used by MNCs and local … enterprises operating in China and elsewhere. Chapter 2 shows how, in theory, this ordering process enables manufacturers to …

Traditional economic theory regards the social costs of monopoly as the reduction in both consumer and producer surplus … the social costs of monopoly must include the costs of obtaining and maintaining monopoly positions. Anne 0. Krueger used … the term "rent seeking' to refer to the expending of scarce resources by entrepreneurs to fight for rents created through …

French J). The question before the court was whether an advertisement setting out the periodic rent payable for the lease of … goods should also show the total rent payable over the term (at 48,525). …

core issues in antitrust. Topics include: the organization of the firm, monopoly, price discrimination, oligopoly, and …. The course presumes that students have a familiarity with micro theory, basic game theory and some econometrics. …

leverage their monopoly powerin the local market to the long distance market. We also discuss thewave of mergers in the …

differentiation the duopoly is subsidized or the government remains inactive. In contrast, the monopoly is always subsidized. The …