The Federal Trade Commission's Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, the Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust Law, Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
18 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2018
Date Written: September 7, 2018
Abstract
This comment is submitted by the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at Scalia Law School at George Mason University to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission regarding its hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, The Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust Law. The GAI Competition Advocacy Program provides a wide range of recommendations to facilitate adoption of economically sound competition policy.
Keywords: antitrust, Federal Trade Commission, hearings, competition, consumer protection, consumer welfare standard
JEL Classification: K2, K21, L4, L40
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Lipsky, Abbott B. and Wright, Joshua D. and Ginsburg, Douglas H. and Yun, John M., The Federal Trade Commission's Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, the Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust Law, Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University (September 7, 2018). George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 18-26, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3245912 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3245912
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