Harvard school of antitrust
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The Harvard school of antitrust is a traditional legal-economic approach to competition law that emphasizes market structure, concentration, and potential harms to competitors as key indicators of anticompetitive behavior.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
approach to antitrust law
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approach to competition policy ⓘ school of thought ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
deconcentration as remedy
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per se rules for certain restraints ⓘ presumption against high concentration ⓘ skepticism toward vertical integration ⓘ structure–conduct–performance framework NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Harvard Law School
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Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithScholar |
Carl Kaysen
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Donald Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Kaplow NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Areeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Chicago school of antitrust
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post-Chicago school of antitrust ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| emphasis |
barriers to entry
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market concentration ⓘ market structure ⓘ potential harms to competitors ⓘ preserving competitive market structures ⓘ structure–conduct–performance paradigm ⓘ |
| field |
antitrust law
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competition law ⓘ law and economics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
exclusionary practices
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horizontal agreements ⓘ market dominance ⓘ mergers and acquisitions ⓘ monopoly power ⓘ oligopoly ⓘ vertical restraints ⓘ |
| goal |
preventing concentration of economic power
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preventing exclusion of rivals ⓘ protecting competitive market structures ⓘ |
| historicalPeak | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
European competition policy debates
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U.S. antitrust enforcement in the 1950s ⓘ U.S. antitrust enforcement in the 1960s ⓘ U.S. merger policy ⓘ |
| methodology |
case-by-case judicial evaluation
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legal-economic analysis ⓘ |
| viewsAsIndicatorOfConcern |
exclusion of rivals
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harm to competitors ⓘ high entry barriers ⓘ high market concentration ⓘ reduction in number of firms ⓘ |
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