Econometric Analysis in FTC v. Staples

Authors

Jonathan BakerFollow

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

11

Last Page

21

Abstract

In mid-1997, a federal district court in Washington, DC, granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) request for a preliminary injunction blocking the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot (Federal Trade Commission v. Staples, Inc. [hereafter, Staples] 1997a). The transaction would have combined two of the nation's three leading office superstore chains. The firms chose not to pursue the case further after the preliminary injunction was issued, thus giving up on their efforts to merge.

Repository Citation

Jonathan Baker, Econometric Analysis in FTC v. Staples, 18 Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 11 (1999).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_lawrev/1928