Liberal Arts and Sciences
Roger Blair Research Group
Led by Roger Blair · Economics
What we study
Dr. Blair studies antitrust economics, law and economics, and sports economics, such as merger analysis, monopsony and antitrust damages.
What working here is like
- Reading, writing & theory
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
The NFL Sunday Ticket Nightmare
This study examines the antitrust lawsuit over the NFL’s Sunday Ticket, explaining why companies bundle broadcast rights, how the Sports Broadcasting Act applies, and why the case went to trial instead of settling.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 354
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Automobile dealer protectionist legislation and consumer welfare
2026 · Contemporary Economic Policy
Shows how dealer laws hurt consumers by raising car prices.
- Proving Antitrust Damages in Monopsony Cases
2025 · Journal of Competition Law & Economics
Shows how to prove antitrust damages in monopsony cases by estimating unlawful underpayments.
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- Efficiencies in the 2023 Merger Guidelines
2025 · Review of Law & Economics
Examines how mergers improve efficiency by cutting costs, boosting quality, and changing market structure.
- The Microsoft Acquisition of Activision: Neither Horizontal nor Vertical
2025 · Managerial and Decision Economics
Analyzes the Microsoft-Activision merger as a complementary-product merger, not horizontal or vertical.
- Considerations of monopsony in merger analysis: The Penguin Random House case
2024 · Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
Explores how a publishing merger could create a monopsony, lowering author advances.
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