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>>> Michael Ravnitzky <mikerav@mindspring.com> 11/23/03 01:44PM >>>
LIST OF ANTITRUST STUDIES PRODUCED BY DOJ'S LOW PROFILE ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS
GROUP
by Michael Ravnitzky , mikerav@mindspring.com
The Department of Justice Antitrust division manages a low profile but
extraordinary research organization called the Economic Analysis Group
-
EAG.
This group has produced over 227 studies since 1982. Most of these
reports
have never been published outside of the agency. These high quality
studies
shed great light on the operations of the Antitrust Division.
LAW FIRMS OR ATTORNEYS HANDLING ANTITRUST OR BUSINESS COMPETITION
ISSUES
WOULD BE WELL SERVED TO HAVE THIS LIST OF REPORTS FOR REFERENCE
PURPOSES.
The 14 page list of these studies is available FREE OF CHARGE upon
written
request from the DOJ Antitrust Division FOIA Office:
Ann Lea Harding
FOIA / PA Officer
Antitrust Division
Liberty Place Building, Suite 200
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
Voice: (202) 514-2692
Fax: (202) 616-4529
Once you have the complete listing, you can obtain any specific reports
on
that 14 page list by sending a request to the DOJ Antitrust Division at
the
above address.
A FEW of the titles (NOT A COMPLETE LIST) are:
Number 225, Dean V. Williamson, Renegotiation, Dynamic Efficiency, and
Vertical Restraints in Electricity marketing Contracts, EAG 03-11,
August
2003.
Number 217, Fred Gramlich, Coupon Remedies in Antitrust Cases: the
Form of
the Discount Also Matters, EAG 03-3, February 10, 2003
Number 215, Craig Peters, Evaluating the Performance of Merger
Simulation:
Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry, EAG 03-1, January 2003.
Number 214, Sheldon Kimmel, The Supreme Court's Efficiency Defense,
EAG
02-13, September 2002. Forthcoming in the Supreme Court Economic
Review.
Number 211, Andrew R. Dick, Knowing Your Rival's Price: Some
Guideposts for
Evaluating Communications Between Competitors, EAG 03-10, August 2002
Number 204, Eric Emch, Does Opportunism Explain Markups in Laser
Printer
Toner and Memory? No and Yes. Evidence on Pricing in Laser Printer
Aftermarkets, EAG 02-3, March 2002.
Number 193, Mary Sullivan, how Many Trademarks Does it Take to Protect
a
Brand? The Optimal Number of Trademarks, Branding Strategy and Brand
performance, EAG 01-2, April 18, 2001
Number 181, Mary Sullivan, The Effect of the Big Eight Accounting Firm
Mergers on the Market for Audit Services, EAG 00-2, March 17, 2000.
Number 172, Kimmel, Sheldon, Lowering Price by Buying Competitors in
Order
to Shut Them Down, EAG 9601-, october 15, 1996.
Number 165, McCabe, mark J. and James G. Hewlett, Dynamic Behavior of
Regulated Firms: Evidence from Nuclear Utilities, EAG 96-3, July 1,
1996
Number 162, Gillespie, William, Cheap Talk, Price Announcements, and
Collusive Coordination, EAG 95-3, September 25, 1995.
Number 148, Nye, William W., Some Economic issues in Licensing of
Music
Performance Rights: Controversies in Recent ASCAP/BMI Litigation, EAG
93-3,
February 1, 1993.
Number 88, Froeb, Luke and Preston McAfee, Deterring Bid Rigging in
Forest
Service Timber Auctions, EAG 88-5, May 5, 1988.
Number 87, Froeb, Luke, Criminal Plea Bargaining with Uncertainty: An
Empirical Model of Sentencing, EAG 88-4, March 14, 1988.
Number 73, Untiet, Charles, The Economics of Oil Pipeline Deregulation:
A
Review and Extension of the DOJ Report, EAG 87-3, May 22, 1987.
Number 31, Simon, Marilyn J. Product Quality and the Allocation of
Legal
Costs, EPO 84-8, May 22, 1984.
The listings also indicates that individual copies of papers can be
obtained
free of charge from
Janet Ficco, Suite 10,000, 600 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20530
phone: 202-307-3779
email: janet.ficco@usdoj.gov
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