Steven C. Salop (born December 23, 1946) is an American economist and academic whose work focuses on antitrust policy.
[1] Salop is known for his scholarship on exclusionary practices[2] and vertical mergers.
[3] Together with David Scheffman, he popularized the concept of raising rivals' costs as an antitrust violation.
[1] Before joining the Georgetown Law faculty in 1981, he served as Associate Director for Special Projects with the Bureau of Economics of the Federal Trade Commission, as an adjunct professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
[1] He does consulting work at Charles River Associates.