Market Definition: Impossible and Counterproductive

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“Louis Kaplow (Harvard) explains Market Definition: Impossible and Counterproductive. ABSTRACT: In recent articles, I have advanced a number of criticisms of the market definition/redefinition paradigm, chief among them that market definition is impossible and counterproductive. First, there is no valid…”


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Kevin Coates, 'Market Definition: Impossible and Counterproductive' (21st Century Competition, 18 May 2014) <https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/05/market-definition-impossible-and-counterproductive/> accessed 21 March 2026.

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Kevin Coates. "Market Definition: Impossible and Counterproductive." 21st Century Competition, 18 May 2014. https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/05/market-definition-impossible-and-counterproductive/.

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@misc{kevin-coates2014, author = {Kevin Coates}, title = {{Market Definition: Impossible and Counterproductive}}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.twentyfirstcenturycompetition.com/2014/05/market-definition-impossible-and-counterproductive/}, note = {21st Century Competition} }
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