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SSacher

Economist

Bureau, Office or Division
Antitrust
Phone
(202) 326-2352
Email Address
ssacher@ftc.gov

Selected Publications

  • "Estimating Incremental Margins for Pricing Pressure Analysis," with John Simpson, Antitrust Law Journal, 2020.
  • "The Role of Capacity in Antitrust Analysis," with Jeremy Sandford, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2016.
  • "An Economic Analysis of Twombly/Iqbal with Applications to Antitrust," with D.A. Herman, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2015.
  • "Inferring Anticompetitive Price Effects from Difference-in-Difference Analysis: A Caveat," with Shawn Ulrick, Journal of Competition Law & Economics, 2015.
  • "Dominance Thresholds: A Cautionary Note," with S.W. Ulrick and D.A. Herman, Antitrust Bulletin, 2014.
  • "The Competitive Effects of Not for Profit Hospital Mergers: A Case Study," with Michael Vita, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2001.
  • "Physician Networks, Integration and Efficiency," with Louis Silvia, Antitrust Bulletin, 2000.
  • "Antitrust Issues in Defining the Product Market for Hospital Services," with Louis Silvia, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1998.
  • "Fiscal Fragmentation and the Distribution of Metropolitan Area Resources," Urban Studies, 1993.
  • "Housing Demand and Property Tax Incidence in a Life-Cycle Framework," Public Finance Quarterly, 1993.

Selected Presentations

  • Two Hands UP for GUPPI: Raising Both Prices in Pricing Pressure Calculations. Southern Economic Association Meetings. Washington, DC (2024)
  • New Theories of Competition Law Harm. University College London. London, England (2018)
  • Dominance Thresholds: A Cautionary Note. International Industrial Organization Conference. Boston, MA (2015)
  • To Issue Guidance or Not to Issue Guidance. Conference on Vertical Restraints Adopted by Dominant Firms. Brasilia, Brazil (2012)
  • Evaluating Post Merger Conduct in Health Care Markets. FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care Competition Law and Policy. Washington, DC (2003)

Selected Casework

Sanford Health/Sanford Bismarck/Mid Dakota Clinic, In the Matter of
CentraCare Health System, In the Matter of
Oltrin Solutions, LLC, a company; JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc.
Minnesota Rural Health Cooperative, In the Matter of
Alta Bates Medical Group, Inc.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Inc., and Poplar Bluff Physicians Group, Inc. d/b/a Doctors Regional Medical Center, FTC and State of Missouri
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., In the Matter of
M.D. Physicians of Southwest Louisiana, Inc.
Class Rings, Inc., Castle Harlan Partners II, L.P., and Town & Country Corporation, In the Matter of
Montana Associated Physicians, Inc., and Billings Physician Hospital Alliance, Inc.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc./Black Knight, Inc., In the Matter of

Selected Reports

The FTC's Merger Remedies 2006-2012: A Report of the Bureaus of Competition and Economics

Education

University of Maryland
PhD Economics
University of Maryland
MA Economics
State University of New York at Binghamton
BA Economics

Fields of Interest

  • Industrial Organization
  • Antitrust
  • Health Care

Professional Experience

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
2007-Present

Partner
Bates White, LLC
2003-2007

Principal
Charles River Associates
1998-2003

Economist
Federal Trade Commission
1990-1998

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