antitrust-package:
Antitrust Library
Description
A collection of tools for antitrust practitioners, including the ability to calibrate different consumer demand systems and simulate the effects mergers under different competitive regimes.
Disclaimer
The views expressed herein are entirely those of the authors and should
not be purported to reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The antitrust package has been released into the
public domain without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied.
Address: Economic Analysis Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, 450 5th St. NW, Washington DC 20530.
E-mail: charles.taragin@usdoj.gov and michael.sandfort@usdoj.gov.Getting Started
- Collect data on product prices, shares, margins and diversions
(optional).
- If you have data on many/all products in the market consider
calibrating a demand system and simulating a merger with either
a
aids,logit, ces,
linear, or loglin demand system.
- If you only have data on the merging parties' products, consider
using
cmcr.bertrand or cmcr.cournot to
uncover the marginal cost reductions needed to offset a post-merger increase.
Details
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Package: |
| antitrust |
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Type: |
| Package |
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Version: |
| 0.94 |
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Date: |
| 2014-06-24 |
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License: |
| Unlimited |
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LazyLoad: |
| yes |