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Estimating Overcharges in Antitrust Cases Using a Reduced-Form Approach: Methods and Issues

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  • James F. Nieberding

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This paper presents several methods and discusses salient issues pertaining to the use of reduced-form models to estimate overcharges in antitrust matters (e.g., price-fixing) where “but-for” prices may be less than actual prices during the anticompetitive period. In particular, two common types of reduced-form estimations are discussed: the “dummy-variable approach” and the “forecasting approach”. Under either methodology, an error correction model is then specified as one way to address technical problems often found in applied time-series analysis—nonstationary data and the existence of short-term and long- term dynamics.

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  • James F. Nieberding, 2006. "Estimating Overcharges in Antitrust Cases Using a Reduced-Form Approach: Methods and Issues," Journal of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 361-380, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recsxx:v:9:y:2006:i:2:p:361-380
    DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2006.12040652
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