Did Microsoft Engage in Anticompetitive Exclusionary Behavior?
45 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2011
Date Written: 2001
Abstract
The court in United States v. Microsoft Corporation paints a vivid picture of Microsoft as a monopolist taking aggressive competitive actions to protect its dominant Windows operating system against a challenge by Netscape. Even if one accepts the court’s factual description of Microsoft’s market position and conduct, a difficult antitrust economics question posed by Microsoft’s behavior remains to be answered. What limits should be placed on the ability of a dominant firm, such as Microsoft, to compete aggressively in defending its market position?
JEL Classification: L41, K21
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