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Take a closer look. When the Department of Justice investigated a proposed joint venture between
SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company, Professor Salop and CRA were retained to assist Miller’s
antitrust counsel. We analyzed pricing, demand, competitive effects, and efficiencies. The investigation
was closed, and the joint venture proceeded.
 

Antitrust & Competition Economics

CRA's competition economists have provided economic analysis and testimony in numerous competition matters in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Canada. Many have served in government antitrust agencies or are members of premier academic economics and law faculties.

Our experience extends to many industries, including, among others, healthcare, energy, computer hardware/software, retailing, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, entertainment, transportation, natural resources, sports, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and consumer products.

New and noteworthy

CRA Competition Memo

Competition Memo Sprint

  • CRA economists played a prominent role in identifying and analyzing the anticompetitive effects of the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. CRA economists worked with counsel to Sprint Nextel throughout the proceedings. In this memo, CRA economists describe the analyses that demonstrated that the efficiencies AT&T and T-Mobile claimed would result from the merger would not offset the anticompetitive effects.

To learn more, download CRA Competition Memo.

CRA Insights: Competition

Competition Insights: April 2012

  • News from our Competition Practice including:
  • Sprint challenge to AT&T/T-Mobile merger:
  • Church & Dwight retail shelf space dispute 
  • International Paper acquisition of Temple-Inland
  • Transcontinental acquisition of Quad/Graphics Canada 

To learn more, download CRA Insights: Competition: April 2012.   

Revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines

The FTC and DOJ released the 2010 Horizonal Merger Guidelines on August 19, 2010. Charles River Associates has been involved in the debate from the beginning, participating in public workshops, making formal submissions to the agencies, and publishing articles on the guidelines. Click here to read more.