TY - BOOK AU - Moore,Albert Milton TI - How much price competition?: the prerequisites of an effective Canadian competition policy SN - 9780773560628 AV - HF1480 .H696 1970 PY - 1970/// CY - Montreal, Que. PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Competition KW - Canada KW - Oligopolies KW - Prices KW - Industrial policy KW - Antitrust law KW - Trade regulation KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. The State of Competition --; The Pure-Competition Industries --; The Nature of Oligopoly --; Oligopolies with Ease of Entry --; Oligopoly, Barriers to Entry, Homogeneous Product --; The Many Forms of Price Discrimination --; Differentiated Product Oligopolies with Barriers to Entry --; Oligopoly: The Canadian Variant --; Limited Monopoly --; Pure Monopoly --; Summary: The State of Competition --; 2. Economic Wastes Attributable to Imperfect Competition --; THE ANALYTICAL MODEL --; Criteria of Waste; The Consumers' Sovereignty RuleThe Reference Model --; RÃ(c)sumÃ(c) of the Argument --; FORMS OF ECONOMIC WASTE --; Diseconomies of Scale --; Waste Due to Excess Plant Capacity --; Wastes in Sales Promotion --; Chronic Excess Capacity in Retailing --; 3. The Effects of the Present Law --; PRESUMED INTENT --; PROHIBITED PRACTICES --; Combinations, Notably Price Agreements --; The Exclusion of Sales in Foreign Markets --; Monopoly by Merger --; Monopoly Behaviour --; Price Discrimination --; Predatory Pricing --; Misleading Advertising concerning Prices; Resale Price MaintenanceConsignment Selling --; Other Trade Practices --; SUMMARIES OF INTENT AND EFFECTS --; Intent --; Effects --; 4. Analysis of the Issues --; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEMS --; Assumed Objectives --; Competition Policy and International Trade --; CONFRONTING THE ISSUES --; The Conflicts of Interest between Consumers and Producers --; The Status of the Traditional Rights of Companies --; Are Downward Flexible Prices Indispensable? --; Mutual Dependence versus Formal Collusion --; Setting Prices Independently; The General versus the Case-by-Case ApproachRefusal to Sell --; Regional Price Discrimination to Meet Competition --; Predatory Pricing --; Delivered Price Systems --; Price Discrimination on Sales to Firms which Compete with Each Other --; Price Discrimination: Sales to Consumers --; Horizontal Mergers --; Vertical Integration of Production --; Conglomerate Mergers --; The Advertising Dilemma --; Excessive Ease of Entry --; MEANS TO THE ENDS --; The Regulations --; Possible Gains --; Notes --; Index --; A --; B --; C --; D --; E --; F --; G --; H --; I; Jk --; l --; m --; n --; o --; p --; q --; r --; s --; t --; u --; w --; z; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=627055&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -