Predation Analysis and the FTC's Case Against Intel

Crane, Daniel

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1617364

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Predation Analysis and the FTC's Case Against Intel

Daniel A. Crane

University of Michigan Law School

May 25, 2010

University of Michigan Law & Economics Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-014
University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 202

Abstract:
The Federal Trade Commission's pending antitrust case against Intel challenges a number of Intel's discounting and rebating practices. The Commission appears poised to apply a cost-price test to the challenged practices, but proposes to include "fixed sunk costs" in the appropriate measure of cost. This paper explains the importance of using cost-price screens to assess unilaterally imposed prices and analyzes the futility of including sunk costs in the relevant cost measure.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 21

Keywords: Federal Trade Commission, Intel, Cost-Price Screens, Fixed Sunk Costs

JEL Classification: K21, K22

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Date posted: May 29, 2010

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Crane, Daniel A., Predation Analysis and the FTC's Case Against Intel (May 25, 2010). University of Michigan Law & Economics Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-014; University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 202. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1617364 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1617364

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