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For almost three decades, light-handed enforcement of the U.S. antitrust laws tilted the scales toward allowing consolidation and strategic conduct that was thought to enhance “efficiency.” Justifications for this approach ranged from forcing down costs, to promoting quality control and spurring investment in R&D by large deep-pocketed firms. Over-enforcement was the bogeyman of conservative ideology. Too-vigorous application of the laws threatened to stifle the efficiencies that were expected to flow from mergers and restraints on competition.

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AAI Working Paper No. 11-02: Live Aid? Assessing the Ability of the Ticketmaster-Live Nation Consent Decree to Restore Competition Levels in the Primary Ticketing Market

Apr 15 2011

Aaron Silvenis

Working Papers

History and Theory of Antitrust, Mergers and Joint Ventures

This working paper by Aaron Silvenis, an AAI Summer Research Fellow, proposes a method for evaluating the DOJ's regulatory remedy for the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger and provides early indications of possible weakness.

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