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THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST: Trade-Offs,

American Airlines, and Predation 283

The Importance of Imperfections in Competition 284

REVIEW AND PRACTICE 285

CHAPTER 13 GOVERNMENT POLICIES TOWARD

COMPETITION 289

The Drawbacks of Monopolies and Limited Competition

289

Restricted Output 289

Managerial Slack 291

Reduced Research and Development 291

Rent Seeking 292

Further Drawbacks of Limited Competition 292

e-INSIGHT: Using the Internet to Enhance Price

Discrimination 293

Policies Toward Natural Monopolies 293

Public Ownership 294

Regulation 295

Encouraging Competition 296

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: The Darker Side of

Privatization 296

CASE IN POINT: California Electricity Deregulation

298

Antitrust Policies 299

Limiting Market Domination 300

Defining Markets 301

INTERNET CONNECTION: U.S. Department of

Justice and Antitrust Laws 301

THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST: Incentives and

the Remedy to the Microsoft Monopoly Problem

302

Curbing Restrictive Practices 304

Enforcing the Antitrust Laws 305

CASE IN POINT: Coke and Pepsi Play Merger 306

REVIEW AND PRACTICE 308

CHAPTER 14 STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR 311

Review of the Prisoner’s Dilemma 312

Dominant Strategies 313

CONTENTS

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