The purpose of this study is to analyze the possibility of political influence
upon the Department of Justice merger decisions within the brewing industry.
Political preference was measured by the congressional ratings of a liberal
political action committee, The Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), thus
giving a liberalness score. Regressions including the merger guideline variables
and the political preference measurement were estimated with a logit model.
After running numerous regressions, the addition of the political preference
variable resulted in insignificance for otherwise significant 1968 and 1982
guidelines variables. These results may indicate an inability of the model to
differentiate between political pressure on antitrust enforcement during the
establishment of the 1968 and 1982 guidelines, or beyond the establishment of
the guidelines. However, the Chair of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, the
oversight committee for the Department of Justice, is found to be the most
significant with liberalness having a positive impact upon the probability of DOJ
merger litigation. / Graduation date: 1995
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/35175 |
| Date | 21 June 1994 |
| Creators | Goodwin, Diana K. |
| Contributors | Tremblay, Victor J. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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