For example, in a
predatory pricing case, the major premise would be that economic theory teaches that above-cost price cuts are never anticompetitive.
For example, in an antitrust suit in Indianapolis, a grocery chain was accused by another grocery company of engaging in
predatory pricing activities during an 18-month period.
It also sets clearer parameters for future abuse of dominance and
predatory pricing cases.
First it was alleged
predatory pricing, a charge dropped after lengthy proceedings.
If a firm's prices are higher than everyone else's, that implies monopoly power; if everyone's prices are the same, collusion may be alleged; and prices "too low" can signify cutthroat competition and
predatory pricing. No one is innocent.
That hypothesis, however, must be rejected (and subsequently was rejected by the FCC) because Deutsche Telekom cannot engage in
predatory pricing and cross-subsidization in the U.S.
The authors examine the charge that major airlines practice
predatory pricing to drive out smaller competitors.
You said in your editorial, "Wal-Mart should be applauded for bringing in lower prices rather than castigated as a predator." If this is not
predatory pricing then I am a newspaper editor.
Predatory pricing is a classic problem in antitrust enforcement.
A small band of economists and lawyers associated with the University of Chicago attacked the conventional wisdom, knocking out the theoretical underpinnings of antitrust law in general and the theory of
predatory pricing in particular.
Summary: Brussels [Belgium], July 18 (ANI): The European Union Commission has slapped a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm for engaging in
predatory pricing.