Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Debate on Predation 2. Reputational Models of Predation: Testing the Assumptions 3. Nonprofit Objectives and Credible Commitments: What Does This Imply for Government Enterprises? 4. Are Government or Private Enterprises More Likely to Engage in Predatory Behavior? Some International Evidence 5. What Happens When the Victims Have Better Information Than the Predators? 6. Some Final Thoughts Appendixes A. Explaining the Framework Used to Evaluate the Legitimacy of Anti-dumping Cases B. Data Appendix C. Analyzing How the Profitability of Entry Deterrence Is Affected by the Possibility of Trading Profits Notes References Index

About the Author

John R. Lott, Jr., is the author five books, including Freedomnomics and Are Predatory Commitments Credible? Who Should the Courts Believe?, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.