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Economists’ Tunney Act Reply Comments on the DOJ’s Proposed Remedy in the Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Proceeding

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  • Nicholas Economides

    (Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012)

  • John Kwoka

    (Neal F. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Economics, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University)

  • Thomas Philippon

    (Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012)

  • Robert Seamans

    (Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012)

  • Hal Singer

    (Managing Director at Econ One, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown McDonough School of Business)

  • Marshall Steinbaum

    (Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Utah)

  • Lawrence J. White

    (Robert Kavesh Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business, New York, New York 10012)

Abstract

Following up on our initial comments at the Tunney Act proceeding of the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, we discuss DOJ’s criticisms of these comments, explaining why these criticisms are baseless. Moreover, using evidence from the NY v. Deutsche Telecom trial, we provide new arguments showing that the DOJ proposed remedy will fail to restore the ex ante competitive conditions in the affected antitrust product markets to the detriment of users of mobile phones in the United States.

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  • Nicholas Economides & John Kwoka & Thomas Philippon & Robert Seamans & Hal Singer & Marshall Steinbaum & Lawrence J. White, 2020. "Economists’ Tunney Act Reply Comments on the DOJ’s Proposed Remedy in the Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Proceeding," Working Papers 20-02, NET Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:net:wpaper:2002
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    Keywords

    Telecommunications; Merger; Tunney Act; Sprint; T-Mobile; Dish; DOJ;
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    JEL classification:

    • L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
    • L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies
    • L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
    • L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities

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