Steven C. Salop

Steven C. Salop (born December 23, 1946) is an American economist and academic who is a Professor of Economics and Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.^[1] He is known for his scholarship on exclusionary practices^[2] and vertical mergers.^[3] Together with David Scheffman, he popularized the concept of raising rivals' costs as an antitrust violation.

Salop teaches courses in Antitrust Law, Economic Reasoning and the Law, and has conducted a Faculty Workshop in Law and Economics.^[1]

Salop earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 and a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 1972.^[1] Before joining the Georgetown Law faculty in 1981, he served as Associate Director for Special Projects with the Bureau of Economics of the FTC, as an adjunct professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and as an economist with the Civil Aeronautics Board and Federal Reserve Board.^[4]

Salop is a recipient of the AALS Antitrust Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)^[5] and AAI Antitrust Achievement Award (2010).^[6]

He does consult work at the Charles River Associates.^[7]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Steven C. Salop". Retrieved 2020-01-26.
^ Salop, Steven C.; Scheffman, David T. (1983). "Raising Rivals' Costs". The American Economic Review. 73 (2): 267–271. ISSN 0002-8282. JSTOR 1816853.
^ Salop, Steven C. "Invigorating Vertical Merger Enforcement". www.yalelawjournal.org. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
^ "Steven C. Salop Biography". www.justice.gov. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
^ "AALS Announces 2019 Section Award Winners". www.als.org. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
^ "Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement". American Antitrust Institute. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
^ vCard (2014-03-24). "Steven C. Salop". Charles River Associates. Retrieved 2020-01-26.