Class Materials and Links

• Current Syllabus (Adobe Acrobat PDF File)
• McCain, Roger A. Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text. 2005. Online at http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/EcoToC.html.
• Audio of Eliot Spitzer at the National Press Club from 1/31/05 (Note: This requires Real Player.  The link may not work properly in Netscape/Firefox/Mozilla browsers; use Internet Explorer if you encounter problems.)
• Kennedy School of Government Cases:
  • [1] F. M. Scherer, "Archer-Daniels-Midland & Clinton Corn Processing," Kennedy School Case #1126.0. http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/casetitle.asp?caseNo=1126.0.
  • [3] José Gomez-Ibanez, "Northwest/Republic Airline Merger Case," Kennedy School Case #700.0. http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/casetitle.asp?caseNo=700.0.
  • [4] Steven Anderson, William Hogan, and Harvey Simon, "Competing for Electrons: The Public Service Company of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque," Kennedy School Case #1226.0. http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/casetitle.asp?caseNo=1226.0.
  • [5] Adam Jaffee and Esther Scott, "A Question of Values: The Case of Environmental Externalities in the Generation of Electrical Power," Kennedy School Case #1244.0. http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/casetitle.asp?caseNo=1244.0.

• Penguin Game (just for fun ;-)

Old Exams

Class and Research Links

• Antitrust Case Browser: Summaries of U.S. Supreme Court antitrust decisions and links to other sites. Find the full text of cases from FindLaw or USSC+ from the Browser's "Links" page.
• Horizontal Merger Guidelines (from the Department of Justice)
• Other DoJ Guidelines and Policy Statements
• Sample DoJ Complaint: U.S. v. Smithfield
• Go to Antitrust Policy: www.antitrust.org.  You can also go straight to the Merger Simulation page by clicking this link.  
• Research Links:
  • News: Lexis-Nexis (Select "Legal Research")
  • Policy Think-Tanks: Economic Policy Institute, American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution
  • Government: U.S. Department of Energy, Congressional Budget Office, California State Government

FTC and DoJ Briefs: Here are some examples of briefs, "amicus" briefs (friend-of-the-court briefs) and complaints that the FTC and Department of Justice have filed in pending cases.  Take  a look at the DoJ's "Competitive Impact Statements;" there is usually one for each case under the "DoJ Cases" link, below.

• State Oil v. Khan brief (FTC)
• U.S. v. Microsoft, Brief for U.S. on appeal
• Take a look at current DoJ Briefs and DoJ Cases

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