We discuss strategic ways that sellers can use tying and bundling with requirement conditions to extract consumer … surplus. We analyze different types of tying and bundling creating (i) intra-product price discrimination; (ii) intra … may entail. We also discuss the impact on consumers and competition, as well as potential antitrust liability of bundling …

We analyze and contrast the US and EU antitrust standards on mixed bundling and tying. We apply our analysis to the US … in the EU) with Windows as well as to cases brought in Europe and in the United States on bundling discounts. We conclude …

has a limited number of slots (or shelf space). In this situation, we study how bundling affects competition for slots … upstream firms' products. We find that under bundling, the outcome is always socially efficient but under individual sale, the … competition (i.e. competition from other firms' products), which can create inefficiency. On the contrary, bundling removes the …

I discuss the impact of tying, bundling, and loyalty/requirement rebates on consumer surplus in the affected markets. I … show that the Chicago School Theory of a single monopoly surplus that justifies tying, bundling, and loyalty …/requirement rebates on the basis of efficiency typically fails. Thus, tying, bundling, and loyalty/requirement rebates can be used to …