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Antitrust & Competition Economics

CRA's competition economists have provided economic analysis and testimony in numerous competition matters in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Canada. Many have served in government antitrust agencies or are members of premier academic economics and law faculties.

Our experience extends to many industries, including, among others, healthcare, energy, computer hardware/software, retailing, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, entertainment, transportation, natural resources, sports, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and consumer products.

New and noteworthy

CRA Competition Memo: August

  • This memo explains the approach set out in the 2010 Merger Guidelines to evaluate a merger's potential for unilateral competitive effects by calculating a "gross upward pricing pressure index" or GUPPI. Click here to read more.

To learn more, download the CRA Competition Memo: August.

CRA Insights: Competition

  • Time Warner Cable
  • Yellow Pages acquires Canpages
  • Music downloads
  • Procter & Gamble acquires Sara Lee Air Care
  • Aer Lingus

To learn more, download the CRA Insights: Competition newsletter.

Professor Steven C. Salop receives Antitrust Achievement Award
 
CRA Senior Consultant and Professor of Economics and Law at Georgetown University Law Center Dr. Steven C. Salop has been awarded the 2010 Antitrust Achievement Award from the American Antitrust Institute. Click here to read more.

Revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines

The FTC and DOJ released the 2010 Horizonal Merger Guidelines on August 19, 2010. Charles River Associates has been involved in the debate from the beginning, participating in public workshops, making formal submissions to the agencies, and publishing articles on the guidelines. Click here to read more.