The marginal price effects of antitrust rules against price discrimination

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.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Zenger, Hans
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 117.2012, 3, p. 921-923
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Price discrimination \| Personalized pricing \| Antitrust pricing rules \| Non-linear pricing

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	K2 - Regulation and Business Law ; L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance ; L4 - Antitrust Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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