Patrick McNutt’s book is a brilliant exposé of the interaction between law, economics and antitrust. The author, an economist and distinguished regulator, handles both the legal and economic material deftly. It is provocative particularly when dealing with issues such as the efficiency of competition and the effectiveness of antitrust rules. His case-studies are particularly compelling.The […]

In the second edition of this popular text, Patrick McNutt introduces a moral choice set and a new methodology for the treatment of fairness. New empirical estimates of rent-seeking are introduced and the book addresses the issues of legal barriers to entry, economic power and the global political economy. Professor William Baumol of New York […]

The second edition of this book is due for publication later this year. In the interim, check out the book profile at my publisher’s web page: www.e-elgar.co.uk. In the newly expanded second edition of this book, I expand on many of the earlier topics. In the introductory chapters the domain of public choice has been […]

This is my first book, published in 1986 with a colleague Michael Keane. I was a young lecturer in Galway at the time. There may be a few copies left. It is long overdue a reprint! So why not contact the publishers and have look at the book on their web page www.ipa.ie and use […]

When I moved to the University of Ulster to take up the Professorship in Political Economy, I edited this book of essays on competition policy issues with a European perspective. The history of US antitrust is outlined with reference to the landmark cases. Irish competition policy is reevaluated and global competition is introduced. Airline deregulation […]