Corporate & Securities Law

Price Competition under Limited Comparability

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michele Piccioney (LSE) and Ran Spiegler (UCL and Tel Aviv University) explore Price Competition under Limited Comparability. ABSTRACT: This paper studies market competition when firms can influence consumers' ability to compare market alternatives, through their...

Product differentiation and vertical integration in presence of double marginalization

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Skerdilajda Zanaj (Université du Luxembourg, CREA) explores Product differentiation and vertical integration in presence of double marginalization. ABSTRACT: In this paper, we present a model of endogenous vertical integration and horizontal differentiation...

Downstream Mode of Competition With Upstream Market Power

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Constantine Manasakis (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece) and Minas Vlassis (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece) describe a Downstream Mode of Competition With Upstream Market Power. ABSTRACT: In contrast with previous studies...

Do Islamic Banks Have Greater Market Power?

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Laurent Weill, Université Robert Schuman Strasbourg III, University of Strasbourg - LaRGE Research Center asks Do Islamic Banks Have Greater Market Power? ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to investigate whether Islamic banks have...

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On the Feedback Solution of a Differential Oligopoly Game with Hyperbolic Demand and Capacity Accumulation

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol KLuca Lambertini provides his thoughts On the Feedback Solution of a Differential Oligopoly Game with Hyperbolic Demand and Capacity Accumulation. ABSTRACT: I characterise the subgame perfect equilibrium of a differential market game with hyperbolic demand...

Starr v. SONY BMG Music Entertainment: The Second Circuit?s Misapplication of Twombly in a Section 1 Sherman Act Conspiracy Case Alleging Parallel Conduct

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kenneth Logan & Jonathan Youngwood (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett) discusses Starr v. SONY BMG Music Entertainment: The Second Circuit?s Misapplication of Twombly in a Section 1 Sherman Act Conspiracy Case Alleging Parallel Conduct...

The value of switching costs

Posted on April 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gary Biglaiser University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Jacques Cemer Toulouse School of Economics (GREMAQ, CNRS and IDEI), and Gergely Dobos Gazdasgi Versenyhivatal (GVH) explain The value of switching costs. ABSTRACT: We study the consequences...

Competing Single-Entity Tests in American Needle v. NFL and Their Implications for Sports Leagues and Other Joint Ventures

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gregory J. Pelnar (Compass Lexecon) explains Competing Single-Entity Tests in American Needle v. NFL and Their Implications for Sports Leagues and Other Joint Ventures. ABSTRACT: American Needle v. National Football League has been variously dubbed...

Cartels Uncovered

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ari Hyytinen, University of Jyvaskyla - School of Business and Economics, Frode Steen, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) - Department of Economics, and Otto Toivanen, University of Helsinki - Department of Economics...

Predatory Pricing: A Proposed Structured Rule of Reason

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Abel M. Mateus (UCL Law) has posted Predatory Pricing: A Proposed Structured Rule of Reason. ABSTRACT: Exclusionary practices are at the heart of abuses of dominance or monopolization. Predatory pricing is one of the most...

Ramirez Sworn in for FTC Commissioner Post

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol See here.

The Rational Actor Model - It Works

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol We will be taking a short trip to Disney World (not too far a drive from Gainesville) to celebrate 5 weeks of toilet training by our youngest daughter. We made the payoff very clear to...

The Second Circuit?s Starr Decision: Why Twombly Demands More

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aaron S. Panner (Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, & Figel) argues The Second Circuit?s Starr Decision: Why Twombly Demands More. ABSTRACT: In Starr v. Sony BMG Music Entertainment, plaintiffs alleged that Sony BMG, EMI, Universal...

Jones Harbour from FTC to Fulbright & Jaworski

Posted on April 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol See here.

Monopolist as Victim: Constitutional Rights in Antitrust Part II

Posted on April 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Adi Ayal (Bar Ilan Law) explores Monopolist as Victim: Constitutional Rights in Antitrust Part II. ABSTRACT: Constitutional law dictates that when one person's use of property infringes upon another's, a balancing test be administered to...

Starr v. SONY BMG: Conduct, Context, and the Presumption of Truth

Posted on April 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gary S. Jacobson (Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson) discusses Starr v. SONY BMG: Conduct, Context, and the Presumption of Truth. ABSTRACT: In Starr v. Sony BMG, the Second Circuit became the first court of appeals to...

Antitrust Implications of the Supreme Court?s 2009-2010 Docket

Posted on April 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tom Rosch (FTC) explains the Antitrust Implications of the Supreme Court?s 2009-2010 Docket in a speech he gave at the Association of Corporate Counsel Antitrust Program in Richmond, Virginia on March 31, 2010. ABSTRACT: The...

Joint Ventures and the Sherman Act: The Problem Revealed by American Needle and How Best to Address It

Posted on April 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Thomas Brown, Katherine Robison, & Ian Simmons (O'Melveny & Myers) explain Joint Ventures and the Sherman Act: The Problem Revealed by American Needle and How Best to Address It. ABSTRACT: The transcript of the oral...

Dimensions of Competition Policy and Law in Emerging Economies

Posted on April 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CUTS has a new paper on Dimensions of Competition Policy and Law in Emerging Economies. ABSTRACT: Emerging economies are characterised by fast transformation and rapid economic growth. Competition law and policy should help these economies...

Consumers? Participation Rights in Competition Law Procedures

Posted on April 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Consumers? Participation Rights in Competition Law Procedures Arrival and Registration 16 April 2010 University of Amsterdam, Doelenzaal Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam Organized by the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG) 13...

Payment Cards Pricing Patterns: The Role of Antitrust and Regulatory Authorities

Posted on April 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alberto Heimler (Scuola superiore della pubblica amministrazione) has posted Payment Cards Pricing Patterns: The Role of Antitrust and Regulatory Authorities. ABSTRACT: Antitrust enforcers and regulators are increasingly worried that interchange fees in four-party systems, more...

Striking an Efficient Balance: Making Sense of Antitrust Standing in Class Action Certification Motions

Posted on April 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kelly J. Bozanic, Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law makes the case for Striking an Efficient Balance: Making Sense of Antitrust Standing in Class Action Certification Motions. ABSTRACT: Class actions are powerful litigation...

Dynamic Changes in Market Structure and Competition in the Corn and Soybean Seed Sector

Posted on April 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol William W. Wilson and Bruce Dahl (both North Dakota State Ag Econ) have some empirical findings on Dynamic Changes in Market Structure and Competition in the Corn and Soybean Seed Sector . ABSTRACT: The purpose...

Empagran - Empire Building or Judicial Modesty?

Posted on April 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paul B. Stephan, University of Virginia School of Law asks Empagran - Empire Building or Judicial Modesty? ABSTRACT: This paper, which will appear in a book on the Supreme Court and International Law, comments on...

The Indirect Effects of Changes in Product Market Competition

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mary J. Becker, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and Shawn E. Thomas, University of Pittsburgh - Finance address The Indirect Effects of Changes in Product Market Competition. ABSTRACT: We investigate the...

Antitrust Developments in Communications & Digital Technology Industries

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The new Icarus newletter of the ABA Antitrust Communications & Digital Technology Industries Committee is out. The table of contents include: That 70?s Show?: The New DOJ Investigation of IBM Sean P. Pugh Dechert LLP...

MARGIN?CONCENTRATION ANALYSIS IN THE UK GROCERIES INQUIRY

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jerry A. Hausman (MIT - Econ) and David W.G. Parker (Frontier Economics) analyze MARGIN?CONCENTRATION ANALYSIS IN THE UK GROCERIES INQUIRY. ABSTRACT: The UK Competition Commission's recent inquiry into the Groceries sector made the unusual recommendation...

Antitrust Track at the ABA International Spring Meeting

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol For those of you who are international focused and want a fun conference to attend in New York in April, there are a series of antitrust programs in the ABA International Section Spring Meeting, April...

Predation Under Perfect Information

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Cédric Argenton, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), Tilburg University - Center and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration models Predation Under Perfect Information. ABSTRACT: In an oligopoly configuration characterized by high barriers to (re-)entry,...

A Shared Vision for American Agricultural Markets

Posted on April 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The DOJ has posted A Shared Vision for American Agricultural Markets - Remarks as Prepared for the Opening of the Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture Joint Workshops by Assistant Attorney General Christine A....

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