This paper proposes a vertical control model that features two-part tariff pricing, leader-fringe-follower competition, and investment to characterize the conditions under which parallel imports will (or will not) occur when such activities are legally permitted. In addition, we analyze the...

This article considers whether a monopolist is able to deter more efficient entrants through contracting with buyers. In the antitrust literature, the Chicago School's stand is that such contracts cannot be anticompetitive; hence, vertical contracts should be accorded per se legal status. In a...