Crossing the Rubicon: Why the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Should Be Blocked
Global Competition Review, February 25, 2014
University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 245
8 Pages Posted: 10 Apr 2014 Last revised: 11 Jun 2014
Date Written: June 2014
Abstract
Comcast and Time Warner Cable say their proposed $45 billion merger would not raise prices -- and instead lead to real benefits -- for cable and broadband customers across the country.
But, as we discuss, the deal raises serious concerns of a creeping monopolist and the ability of a powerful media buyer to harm rivals.
Keywords: cable, broadband, antitrust, Section 7, incipiency
JEL Classification: K21, L40, L41, L42
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Stucke, Maurice E. and Grunes, Allen P., Crossing the Rubicon: Why the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Should Be Blocked (June 2014). Global Competition Review, February 25, 2014, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 245, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2422868
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