Re: nader/weissman on tobacco co. price fixing

[BFoer@aol.com]

Re tobacco pricing (but not on price fixing), see material I just posted on 
www.antitrustinstitute.org, relating to Robert Steiner's study. What may be 
relevant to you is the idea that if cost goes up, tobacco companies and then 
retailers don't simply pass through the increase, but add something to it to 
try to keep their margins. It being unlikely that they all have the same 
margins, it seems unlikely that they would all raise the price by the same 
amount as a matter of coincidence.

Bert