Commentators have often Claimed that Canada's competition legislation is among the most economically sophisticated in the world. In large part, this claim is based on the explicit recognition given to efficiency as an overall criterion in the Competition Act (the "Act") (section 1.1) and as a...

This article examines requirements tying of a competitively supplied good to a monopolized good. It expands the set of market conditions in which this instrument is known to be profitable. With heterogeneous, privately informed buyers, a firm can profit by tying two goods even when demands for...

Firms sometimes agree to limit the discounts they offer a class of customers, i.e., they collude on the price differences across consumer classes. Why? Courts have struck down agreements to limit discounts as violations of the laws against price-fixing. Are these collusive agreements in fact...