Jake Kramer

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Methodology and parameter selection aside, assuming “general equilibrium effects are small enough to be ignored” in this scenario strains credulity

Well in the “any press is good press” spirit, there’s a good chance I will be citing the Canadian PM’s dissertation in a paper I’m working on :)

Exclusive | DOJ Investigates Medicare Billing Practices at UnitedHealth The Justice Department is probing diagnoses and practices that triggered extra payments to UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage plans, people familiar with the matter say.

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www.wsj.com/health/healt...

A headline from this morning’s Law360 email. With the new HSR filing requirements, enforcers will be able to more easily separate the wheat from the chaff quickly, but places the onus on filers. Let the quasi-experimental variation ensue 🙃

GitHub - nytimes/presidential-precinct-map-2024: Precinct-level results and shapefiles for the 2024 U.S. presidential general election. Precinct-level results and shapefiles for the 2024 U.S. presidential general election. - nytimes/presidential-precinct-map-2024

NYTimes has made their presidential precinct data for the 2024 general election available here: github.com/nytimes/pres...

Opinion | Our Government Stopped Enforcing Robinson-Patman and Destroyed Communities The Federal Trade Commission’s decision to stop enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act is killing grocery stores in low-income communities.

Robinson-Patman, back in the news

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

Honda and Nissan Are in Talks to Deepen Ties and Possibly Merge The automakers, Japan’s second- and third-largest, are said to be discussing a tie-up that could reshape the country’s industry.

Better headline:

Piloting The Altimate Automaker Merger? Perhaps There *Are* Synergies In This Proposed Accord

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...

Busy couple of days at the FTC. Robinson-Patman is back!

globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/arti...

Shot -> www.law360.com/articles/188...

Chaser -> www.law360.com/articles/227...

BREAKING: Ferguson To Lead FTC, Trump Taps Kressin Atty For 3rd GOP Seat - Law360 President-elect Donald Trump named current Federal Trade Commission member Andrew N. Ferguson to be its next chair Tuesday night while also picking Kressin Meador Powers LLC partner Mark Meador, a for...

Big day in Antitrust news:

1) Kroger-Albertsons injunction,

2) Ferguson in as FTC chair,

3) Mark Meador in as fifth FTC commissioner

Hey, thanks!

Okay can it run my Matlab code, please?

This is an incredibly upsetting story that also speaks to a broader question re: equity in health care markets. In rural areas, patients often have fewer provider choices than patients in densely populated areas. How does additional competition chasten bad actors, especially in monopoly markets?

Trump picks Gail Slater to head Justice Department's antitrust division U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Gail Slater, an antitrust veteran and economic adviser for JD Vance, to lead the Department of Justice's antitrust division and take charge of a full docket of blockbuster monopoly cases against companies including Google , Visa and Apple .

Gail Slater in at DOJ Antitrust: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Could you say that the Bluesky IO Starter Pack is an example of… bundling?

Thank you!