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The Competitive Consequences of Most-Favored-Nation Provisions
Antitrust
  • Jonathan Baker, American University Washington College of Law
  • Judith A. Chevalier, Yale School of Management
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Journal

Antitrust

Abstract

"Most Favored Nation" contractual provisions have come under scrutiny in recent years by antitrust authorities in both the US and EU. MFNs are a type of vertical agreement between suppliers and buyers. The literature has recognized that there may be efficiency rationales for these arrangements but the literature has also recognized that these arrangements have anticompetitive potential. In this paper, we distill the economics literature on MFNs to explore both possibilities.

Citation Information
Jonathan Baker and Judith A. Chevalier. "The Competitive Consequences of Most-Favored-Nation Provisions" Antitrust Vol. 27 Iss. 2 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan_baker/36/