May 7, 2012

An Open Letter to Public Officials: Beware of Overzealous Antitrust Policies

Long-form signatories (for identification purposes only):

• Donald L. Alexander, Professor of Economics, Western Michigan University

• James T. Bennett, Professor of Economics, George Mason University

• Bruce L. Benson, Chair, Florida State University Department of Economics

• G. Geoffrey Booth, The Frederick S. Addy Distinguished Chair in Finance, Michigan State University Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

• Phillip J. Bryson, Joseph and Effie Driggs Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University Marriott School

• Robert Collinge, Professor of Economics, University of Texas at San Antonio

• Kirby R. Cundiff Ph.D., CFA Associate Professor of Finance, Northeastern State University

• Clarence R. Deitsch, Professor of Economics, Ball State University

• Richard E. Ericson Chair, Department of Economics, East Carolina University Department of Economics

• Frank Falero Jr., Professor Emeritus of Economics, California State University

• Dave Garthoff, Adjunct Faculty, University of Akron

• Bradley K. Hobbs, Professor of Finance and Economics, Florida Gulf Coast University

• Stanford L. Levin, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

• Tony Lima, Professor of Economics, California State University

• Donald L. Luskin, Chief Investment Officer, Trend Macrolytics LLC

• Henry G. Manne, Dean Emeritus and University Professor Emeritus, George Mason University School of Law

• Michael L. Marlow, Professor of Economics, California Polytechnic State University

• Deryl W. Martin, Professor of Finance, Tennessee Technological University

• Deirdre McCloskey, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago

• R. David Ranson, President and Head of Research H. C. Wainwright & Co., Economics Inc.

• Thomas Rustici, Assistant Professor of Economics, George Mason University

• Berry J. Seldon, Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas

• Richard K. Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Ohio University

• Christopher Westley, Associate Professor of Economics, Jacksonville State University

• Peter Williams, Associate Professor of Economics, University of North Alabama

• Richard Zecher, Partner P/E Investments LLC, and Investor Analytics LLC

• Benjamin Zycher, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

• Atin Basu, Associate Professor of Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute

• Ronnie H. Davis, Graduate Faculty in Economics, Florida Institute of Technology

• David R. Henderson, Research Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford University

• Tom Lehman, Associate Professor of Economics, Indiana Wesleyan University

• Herbert London, President of the Hudson Institute

• D.W. MacKenzie PhD., Carroll College Helena, MT

• John McArthur, Professor and Economics Department Chair, Wofford College

• E.C. Pasour Jr., Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Richard T. Selden, Carter Glass Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Virginia

• Gary Wolfram, George Munson Professor of Political Economy, Hillsdale College

• William N. Butos, Professor of Economics, Trinity College

• Lawrence R. Cima, Associate Professor of Economics, John Carroll University Department of Economics and Finance

• Philip R.P. Coelho, Professor of Economics, Ball State University Department of Economics

• Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

• Dennis Halcoussis, Professor of Economics, California State University Northridge

• Ronald M. Harstad Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Missouri College of Arts and Sciences Department of Economics

• C. Thomas Howard, Professor of Finance, University of Denver

• Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University Department of Economics

• Brian J. Jacobsen Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Wisconsin Lutheran College

• Daniel Klein, Associate Professor, George Mason University Department of Economics

• Roger Koppl, Professor of Economics and Finance, Siberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University

• Kishore G. Kulkarni Ph.D., Professor Economics, Metropolitan State College of Denver Department of Economics

• Alan Lockard Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University Department of Economics

• Edward J. Lopez Assistant Professor of Economics San Jose State University

• R. Ashley Lyman, Professor of Economics, University of Idaho

• Glenn MacDonald, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and Strategy, Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis

• Timothy Mathews, Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University

• Roger E. Meiners, Professor of Economics, University of Texas Arlington

• Michael C. Munger, Chair, Department of Political Science; Professor, Department of Economics Duke University

• George R. Neumann, George Daly Research Professor of Economics and Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Iowa Department of Economics

• Keith T. Poole, Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego

• John Rapp Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Dayton School of Business Administration

• Joseph Salerno, Professor of Economics, Lubin School of Business Pace University

• Vlad Signorelli, President of Bretton Woods Research, LLC

• Alan O. Sykes, James & Patricia Kowal Professor of Law, Stanford University

• John A. Tatom, Associate Professor of Finance, Indiana State University School of Business

• Alan Rufus Waters PhD., Professor Emeritus of International Business, Craig School of Business California State University Fresno

• Mokhlis Y. Zaki, Professor Emeritus, Northern Michigan University

• Joseph Zoric, Associate Professor of Economics, Franciscan University of Steubenville

• Howard Baetjer Jr., Lecturer, Towson University Department of Economics

• Barry Chiswick Ph.D., UIC Distinguished Professor, Research Professor, and Head, Department of Economics University of Illinois at Chicago

• Nicole V. Crain, Visiting Professor of Economics and Business, Lafayette College

• Richard Grant, Professor of Finance and Economics, Lipscomb University

• David L. Hammes, Chair and Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii Hilo

• Barry Keating, Professor of Business Economics, University of Notre Dame College of Business Administration

• Jody W. Lipford, Associate Professor of Economics, Presbyterian College

• Harry Manne, Professor Emeritus, George Mason University Law School

• Scott E. Masten, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan Business School

• J. Wilson Mixon Jr., Dana Professor of Economics Emeritus, Berry College Department of Economics

• Craig Newmark, Associate Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University

• Kate Zhou, Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii

• Paul J. Gessing, President of the Rio Grande Foundation

• Otis W. Gilley, Head & Williams Memorial Endowed Professor, Louisiana Tech University Department of Economics

• Micha Gisser, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Senior Fellow, Rio Grande Foundation

• James L. Huffman, Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

• Lawrence W. Lovik, Senior Fellow, Alabama Policy Institute

• Yuri N. Maltsev, Professor of Economics, Carthage College A.W. Clausen Center for World Business

• Walton Padelford, Professor of Economics, Union University

• Mark J. Perry, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Michigan - Flint

• Nancy Roberts, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University Carey School of Business

• Charles K. Rowley, Duncan Black Professor of Economics, George Mason University

• Paul H. Rubin, Dobbs Professor of Economics and Law, Emory University Department of Economics

• John Rutledge, Chairman Rutledge Capital LLC

• Stephen Shmanske, Professor of Economics, California State University East Bay

• Anthony Davies, Associate Professor of Economics, Duquesne University

• James R. Edwards, Professor of Economics, Montana State University-Northern

• Frank Egan, Associate Professor of Economics, Trinity College

• William F. Ford, Weatherford Chair of Finance (Former CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta), Middle Tennessee State University

• Stephen Happel, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University

• Carlisle E. Moody, Professor of Economics, College of William and Mary

• Neil T. Skaggs, Professor Emeritus, Illinois State University

• Wayne Crews, Vice President Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute

• David E.R. Gay, Professor of Economics, University of Arkansas Walton College of Business-Department of Economics

• Donald J. Boudreaux, Chairman George Mason University Department of Economics

• Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics, George Mason University