Does antitrust policy promote competition?

Robert Lawson and Ryan Murphy ()

Applied Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 23, issue 14, 1034-1036

Abstract: Using new measures of the scope and strength of antitrust policies, we find no evidence that more robust antitrust regimes correlate with more intense local competition or less corporate dominance. The results cast doubt on the common textbook assumption that antitrust policies improve levels of competition.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1130784

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