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Suspension of EC Merger Investigations: For Better or Worse

Posted on April 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter L. Ormosi, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia describes the Suspension of EC Merger Investigations: For Better or Worse. ABSTRACT: This paper looks at the main source of procedural delay in...

Monopolies, Innovation, and Predatory Pricing: Observations on Some Hard Questions in the Section 2 Context

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tom Rosch (FTC) has some interesting thoughts on Monopolies, Innovation, and Predatory Pricing: Observations on Some Hard Questions in the Section 2 Context. ABSTRACT: My remarks will proceed in three parts. First, I?ll discuss the...

Learning in an Antitrust Network

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Yane Svetiev, Brooklyn Law School describes Learning in an Antitrust Network. ABSTRACT: The article examines the operation of the International Competition Network, a broad forum for antitrust enforcers from around the world...

John Flynn, 1936-2010

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol We note with sadness the passing of John Flynn, who taught antitrust at the University of Utah. His obituary is available here.

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Why Markets Matter for Evidence-Based Merger Analysis

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Malcolm B. Coate, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Jeffrey H. Fischer, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) explain Why Markets Matter for Evidence-Based Merger Analysis. ABSTRACT: While the Merger Guidelines structure represents the standard approach...

An Introduction to Competition Concerns in the Google Books Settlement

Posted on April 14, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rudolph J.R. Peritz, New York Law School and Marc Miller, New York Law School provide An Introduction to Competition Concerns in the Google Books Settlement. ABSTRACT: Google started its Google Books project in 2004 with...

The Redistributional Impact of Non-Linear Electricity Pricing

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group analyzes The Redistributional Impact of Non-Linear Electricity Pricing. ABSTRACT: Utility regulators frequently focus as much or more on the distributional impact of electric...

Networked Competition Governance in the EU: Delegation, Decentralization or Experimentalist Architecture?

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Yane Svetiev (Brooklyn - Law) questions Networked Competition Governance in the EU: Delegation, Decentralization or Experimentalist Architecture? ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on the reforms of the institutional arrangements for implementation of European competition law...

Market Power in the Russian Banking Industry

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Market Power in the Russian Banking Industry is a new paper by Zuzana Fungacova, Bank of Finland - Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), Laura Solanko, Bank of Finland - Institute for Economies in Transition...

The FTC's Challenge to Intel: Predictions of Doom Are Exaggerated and Misplaced?the FTC Has a Straightforward Case

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Balto (American Progress Institute) has posted The FTC's Challenge to Intel: Predictions of Doom Are Exaggerated and Misplaced?the FTC Has a Straightforward Case. ABSTRACT: The Obama administration has promised more aggressive antitrust enforcement...

Monopoly, Decreasing Returns, and Incentives to Cost-Reducing R&D

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paolo G. Garella, University of Milan addresses Monopoly, Decreasing Returns, and Incentives to Cost-Reducing R&D. ABSTRACT: The present paper shows that it is possible to define cost innovations for which a monopolist has a higher...

Citation Count for Antitrust Professors Who Began Tenure Track Teaching in 2000 or Later

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I use [first name] /2 [last name] and AFT(1999) as my search term in the JLR data base for US law professors (except in the case of Thom Lambert because where I went with the...

We Rank #29 Among all Law Professor Blogs in Traffic

Posted on April 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol See here.

Behavioral Economics, Consumer Protection, and Antitrust

Posted on April 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael Salinger (Boston University) explains Behavioral Economics, Consumer Protection, and Antitrust. ABSTRACT: In both consumer protection and antitrust, the use of standard economic analysis has generally been to limit the scope of government intervention...

The pro-competitive effect of imports from China: an analysis of firm-level price data

Posted on April 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Matteo Bugamelli (Bank of Italy) Silvia Fabiani (Bank of Italy) and Enrico Sette (Bank of Italy) have some interesting findings on The pro-competitive effect of imports from China: an analysis of firm-level price data. ABSTRACT:...

The Monopolist as Victim: Constitutional Law in Antitrust - Part I

Posted on April 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Adi Ayal (Bar Ilan - Law) explains The Monopolist as Victim: Constitutional Law in Antitrust - Part I. ABSTRACT: Constitutional law dictates that when one person's use of property infringes upon another's, a balancing test...

Promoting Innovation: Just How ?Dynamic? Should Antitrust Law Be?

Posted on April 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tom Rosch (FTC) asks Promoting Innovation: Just How ?Dynamic? Should Antitrust Law Be? This is a very interesting speech and worth reading about the use of a more expansive FTC Section 5. ABSTRACT: First, to...

Lost in Conversation: The Compensatory Function of Antitrust Law

Posted on April 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Harry First, New York University - School of Law explains Lost in Conversation: The Compensatory Function of Antitrust Law. ABSTRACT: Today?s conversation about antitrust civil remedies generally, and the private action specifically, focuses most often...

Strategic Accessibility Competition

Posted on April 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol E. Bacchiega, E. Randon and L. Zirulia (all University of Bologna - Econ) offer thoughts on Strategic Accessibility Competition. ABSTRACT: We analyze the effect of competition in market-accessibility enhancement among quality-differentiated firms...

Global Antitrust Enforcement: the Perspective from Latin America

Posted on April 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Global Antitrust Enforcement: the Perspective from Latin America A conference co-presented by the IBA Antitrust Committee and the Brazilian Institute of Studies on Competition, Consumer Affairs and International Trade (IBRAC) and supported by the IBA...

The Role of Negative Intra-Side Externalities in Two-Sided Markets

Posted on April 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Helmut Dietl (Institute for Strategy and Business Economics, University of Zurich), Markus Lang (Institute for Strategy and Business Economics, University of Zurich), and Panlang Lin (Institute for Strategy and Business Economics, University of Zurich) explain...

Welfare-Enhancing Hard Core Cartels

Posted on April 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Iwan Bos (Maastricht - School of Business) and Erik Pot (Maastricht - School of Business) write on Welfare-Enhancing Hard Core Cartels. ABSTRACT: The conventional wisdom is that cartels are bad. In particular, cartels that merely...

Changes to Mexico's Competition Law May be Coming Soon

Posted on April 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol See here.

Behavioral Economics, Consumer Protection, and Antitrust

Posted on April 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael Salinger (Boston University) provides his thoughts on Behavioral Economics, Consumer Protection, and Antitrust. ABSTRACT: In both consumer protection and antitrust, the use of standard economic analysis has generally been to limit the scope of...

Bring on the Antitrust Enforcers! United and US Air to Discuss a Potential Merger

Posted on April 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Didn't we see this potential merger between United and US Air a few years ago? DOJ correctly raised concerns in the past. Unless something fundamental has changed since that time (and there has been some...

The Standard of Proof in EC Merger Control: Conclusions for the Sony BMG Saga

Posted on April 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ben Van Rompuy, Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels (VUB) explores The Standard of Proof in EC Merger Control: Conclusions for the Sony BMG Saga. ABSTRACT: One of the most important developments in...

On efficiency, concentration and welfare

Posted on April 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Boccard (Departament d'Economia, University of Girona, Spain) has thoughts On efficiency, concentration and welfare. ABSTRACT: The welfare impact of a merger involves the market power offense and the efficiency defense...

Competition and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Posted on April 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sandra Ospina (IMF) and Marc Schiffbauer (World Bank) explain Competition and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Firm-Level Data. ABSTRACT: This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of competition on firm productivity...

But don't monopolists raise prices?

Posted on April 08, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Today's WSJ reports that "Monsanto Co. signaled that it plans to lower prices of some crop seeds, retreating from its long-range profit goal amid farmers' resistance to seed-price hikes and a 19% drop in fiscal...

When Does a Joint Venture Act as a Single Economic Entity?

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Greg Werden (DOJ) asks When Does a Joint Venture Act as a Single Economic Entity? ABSTRACT: The "Sherman Act contains a 'basic distinction between concerted and independent action.'" The concerted action of several competing firms...

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