It’s only natural: The Tipline for 10 October 2019

10 October 2019

Rohit Chopra has dismissed rumours of partisan divide among the Federal Trade Commission’s commissioners as a “complete myth”. Speaking of the FTC, agency economist Nathan Petek yesterday praised natural experiments in merger reviews as an effective way to identify close competitors.

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