Lipsitz, Michael
Noncompete agreements and the welfare of consumers / by Michael Lipsitz and Mark J. Tremblay
Bibliografía
Employee spin-offs harm incumbent firms by increasing competition (benefiting consumers) and preventing firm owners from making beneficial investments in workers who may later spin off (harming consumers). We model noncompete agreements (NCAs) as solutions for the firm and analyze the resulting trade-off for consumers. We show that market structure and the nature of investment play large roles. Counterintuitively, increased investment benefits have the potential to harm consumers such that industries where firms value NCAs the most are those where harm is greater. Finally, we draw two analogies between NCAs and antitrust and show how those areas inform NCA policy.
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Tremblay, Mark J.
American Economic Journal : Microeconomics 1945-7669 v. 16, n. 4, November 2024, p. 112-153.
Noncompete agreements and the welfare of consumers / by Michael Lipsitz and Mark J. Tremblay
Bibliografía
Employee spin-offs harm incumbent firms by increasing competition (benefiting consumers) and preventing firm owners from making beneficial investments in workers who may later spin off (harming consumers). We model noncompete agreements (NCAs) as solutions for the firm and analyze the resulting trade-off for consumers. We show that market structure and the nature of investment play large roles. Counterintuitively, increased investment benefits have the potential to harm consumers such that industries where firms value NCAs the most are those where harm is greater. Finally, we draw two analogies between NCAs and antitrust and show how those areas inform NCA policy.
ACUERDOS COMERCIALES
MONOPOLIOS
OLIGOPOLIOS
EMPRENDEDORES
CONSUMIDORES
Tremblay, Mark J.
American Economic Journal : Microeconomics 1945-7669 v. 16, n. 4, November 2024, p. 112-153.