Harmful Output in the Antitrust Domain: Lessons from the Tobacco Industry

90 Pages Posted: 27 Apr 2005

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Daniel A. Crane

University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Antitrust enforcement in net-harm industries - those whose output causes greater harms than benefits - can be socially harmful by increasing the output and consumption of socially undesirable goods. This article examines the tobacco industry as the paradigm of a net-harm industry. It argues that antitrust enforcers and courts need not be agnostic about the harms of the relevant output but can structure their antitrust review and enforcement decisions to conform to other public policy considerations regarding the harms of consumption in the relevant market.

Keywords: Antitrust, tobacco, externalities

Suggested Citation

Crane, Daniel A., Harmful Output in the Antitrust Domain: Lessons from the Tobacco Industry. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=711882

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