The marginal price effects of antitrust rules against price discrimination

Hans Zenger

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 3, 921-923

Abstract: The two central pricing rules contained in most antitrust laws are prohibitions of below-cost pricing and prohibitions of discriminatory pricing. This article shows that the rule against discriminatory pricing may actually induce firms to charge exclusionary below-cost prices, even in the complete absence of any predatory intent on the part of firms.

Keywords: Price discrimination; Personalized pricing; Antitrust pricing rules; Non-linear pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K2 L1 L4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.07.017

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