10. Economics, Economists, and Antitrust: A Tale of Growing Influence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Overview: Highlights of the Benefits of Basic Science in Economics 6
5. 1. The Evolution of Emissions Trading 42
6. 2. Better Living through Improved Price Indexes 63
7. 3. Economics and the Earned Income Tax Credit 88
8. 4. Trade Liberalization and Growth in Developing Countries 110
9. 5. The Role of Economics in the Welfare- to- Work Reforms of the 1990s 130
10. 6. Better Living through Monetary Economics 146
11. 7. The Greatest Auction in History 168
12. 8. Air-Transportation Deregulation 188
13. 9. Deferred- Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice 206
14. 10. Economics, Economists, and Antitrust: A Tale of Growing Influence 226
15. 11. Economics and the All- Volunteer Military Force 253
16. 12. Public Policy and Saving for Retirement: The Autosave Features of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 274
17. Contributors 297
18. Index 301