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Pure Price Discrimination

Learn about the Robinson-Patman Act and its prohibition on price discrimination.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about the Robinson-Patman Act and its prohibition on price discrimination.

I.              Price Discrimination

Price discrimination refers to charging similarly situated purchasers different amounts to purchase the same good or service. In economics, this practice can be justified on efficiency grounds. But it’s also a potentially anticompetitive practice subject to the federal antitrust laws.

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Lessons

    • 1. Welcome to Antitrust
    • Welcome to Antitrust
    2. The Origins and Economics of Antitrust Law
    3. The Scope of Antitrust Law
    • Interstate Commerce, Overseas Commerce, and Organized Labor
    • State Action
    • First Amendment and Other Immunities
    4. Horizontal Restraints
    • Defining the Market
    • Horizontal Agreements
    • Per Se Violations
    • The Rule of Reason
    5. Vertical Restraints
    • Vertical Agreements
    • Resale Price Maintenance
    • Vertical Market Allocation
    • Tying Arrangements
    • Exclusive Dealing
    6. Monopolization
    • Monopolies and Monopolization
    • Monopolistic Practices
    • Monopolization, Attempted Monopolization, and Conspiracy to Monopolize
    7. Price Discrimination
    • Pure Price Discrimination
    • Brokerage Practices and Promotional Allowance Discrimination
    • Liability and Affirmative Defenses
    8. Mergers and Antitrust Enforcement
    • Mergers
    • Merger Review
    • Antitrust: Private Rights of Action
    • Antitrust: Public Enforcement
    9. Global Competition Law and Patents
    • Global Competition Law
    • Patents
    • Patent Licensing