Title of Dissertation: ESSAYS ON ADVERTISING AND PRICE COLLUSION Kartikeya Singh, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Dr. Deborah Minehart University of Maryland, College Park Chapter I: Persuasive advertising alters consumers’ tastes and creates brand loyalty. The established view in the economics literature is that such advertising is anti-competitive and results in higher pr...

corporations have a key role in economic development, growth of national security and financial competition. the key of power is in economy. so in the global village, the economic competition replaces military conflict. a new concept in criminal justice is corporate crime. these crimes as a kind of white collar crime are studied in light of critical criminology findings of this study shows that...

The Federal Trade Commission provided new guidance on its standards for “clinical integration” in its 2006 Advisory Opinion to Suburban Health Organization, Inc., stating that, if a network of competing physicians meets the FTC’s clinical integration standards, it may negotiate with a managed care organization (MCO) on behalf of its physician members without fear of a federal Antitrust prosecut...

This paper uses laboratory methods to evaluate whether price-fixing conspiracies break down in the presence of opportunities to offer secret discounts. The primary treatment difference is whether or not buyer-specific discounts from the posted list price are permitted. In standard posted-offer markets, conspiring sellers are able to find and maintain near-monopoly prices. But when the possibili...

a r t i c l e i n f o We explore aspects of two-part tariff competition between duopolists providing a homogeneous service when consumers differ with respect to their usage levels. Competition in only one price component (the fee or the rate) may allow both firms to enjoy positive profits if the other price component has been set at levels different enough between firms. Fixing one price compon...