FTC economist: Competitive effects are an important consideration of courts

Alex Wilts

10 February 2017

Federal Trade Commission building (Credit: RiverNorthPhotography )

Courts carefully consider the competitive effects of mergers, although it’s difficult to say whether they would make the same decisions without that information, a Federal Trade Commission economist said on Thursday.

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