Economists’ Tunney Act Reply Comments on the DOJ’s Proposed Remedy in the Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Proceeding

Nicholas Economides (), John Kwoka (), Thomas Philippon (), Robert Seamans, Hal Singer (), Marshall Steinbaum () and Lawrence J. White ()
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John Kwoka: Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University
Thomas Philippon: Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012
Hal Singer: Managing Director at Econ One, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown McDonough School of Business
Marshall Steinbaum: Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Utah
Lawrence J. White: Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012

No 20-02, Working Papers from NET Institute

Abstract: Following up on our initial comments at the Tunney Act proceeding of the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, we discuss DOJ’s criticisms of these comments, explaining why these criticisms are baseless. Moreover, using evidence from the NY v. Deutsche Telecom trial, we provide new arguments showing that the DOJ proposed remedy will fail to restore the ex ante competitive conditions in the affected antitrust product markets to the detriment of users of mobile phones in the United States.

Keywords: Telecommunications; Merger; Tunney Act; Sprint; T-Mobile; Dish; DOJ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 L4 L5 L9 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 467 pages
Date: 2020-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-ind, nep-pay and nep-reg
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