A manufacturer contracting secretly with several downstream competitors faces an opportunism problem, preventing it from exerting its market power. In an infinitely repeated game, the opportunism problem can be relaxed. We show that the upstream firm's market power can be restored even further...

By the 2008 Pricing of Pasta decision the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) condemned 26 pasta makers and two industry associations for carrying out price-fixing practices in the market for durum semolina pasta. In order to establish the cartel, the ICA relied on economic evidence indicating...

Although much has been written about RPM and Exclusive Dealing, acting alone, scant attention has been paid to the welfare outcome when the 2 restraints are imposed together. The article examines 2 such cases. Salton's George Foreman Contact Grills and ordinary incandescent light bulbs. It shows...