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Antitrust Chronicle® – Monopsony

Spring 2020, Volume 3, Number 1

Dear Readers, Competition law, in essence, concerns the regulation of market power, to the benefit of consumers. From their inception, the antitrust rules have therefore unsurprisingly been primarily used to rein in monopolies and cartels on the supply side. But monopolies are only one form that market power can take. Monopsonies are the flipside of […]

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