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Emory Law Journal

Authors

Dustin Sharpes

Abstract

Predatory pricing occupies a strange position in the antitrust laws. Normally, low prices are one of the major goals of antitrust law because they reflect competition and are generally beneficial to consumers. However, in some situations, the antitrust laws condemn prices that are too low as predatory: a company may be able to set prices arbitrarily low to gain monopoly power by excluding rivals or forcing them to acquiesce to its price leadership, and the company may then charge monopoly prices to the detriment of consumers.

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