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Oral Hearings?Neither a Trial nor a State of Play Meeting?

Posted on March 24, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael Albers & Karen Williams (European Commission) ask Oral Hearings?Neither a Trial nor a State of Play Meeting? ABSTRACT: Oral hearings have always been one of the more prominent features of the European Commission's procedure...

Class Certification in Antitrust Cases: An Economic Framework

Posted on March 24, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hal J. Singer, Empiris LLC and Robert B. Kulick, Navigant Economics propose Class Certification in Antitrust Cases: An Economic Framework. ABSTRACT: A number of recent appellate court decisions pertaining to class certification in antitrust cases...

Vertical Merger, Collusion, and Disruptive Buyers

Posted on March 24, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Volker Nocke, Department of Economics, University of Oxford - Department of Economics and Lucy White, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Swiss Finance Institute, determine the relationship among Vertical Merger, Collusion, and Disruptive Buyers...

Price Squeezes and Vertical Discrimination on Next Generation Access Networks

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Henry Ergas, Independent, Emma Lanigan, Concept Economics, and Eric Kodjo Ralph, EKonomics LLC explore Price Squeezes and Vertical Discrimination on Next Generation Access Networks. ABSTRACT: Next generation access networks (NGANs) are in many cases likely...

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Mobile Termination, Network Externalities, and Consumer Expectations

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sjaak Hurkens and �ngel L. L�pez (both IESE Business School, University of Navarra) discuss Mobile Termination, Network Externalities, and Consumer Expectations. ABSTRACT: We re-examine the literature on mobile termination in the presence of network externalities...

Why Markets Matter for Evidence-Based Merger Analysis

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Malcolm B. Coate (FTC) and Jeffrey H. Fischer (FTC) explainWhy Markets Matter for Evidence-Based Merger Analysis. ABSTRACT: While the Merger Guidelines structure represents the standard approach to merger analysis in the US, economists have proposed...

Ian Norris - Welcome to US Jail

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Global Competition Review reports that Ian Norris is flying to the US today after losing his six year battle to avoid a US jail sentence for price fixing.

Merger Control in the European Union and the United States: Just the Facts

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mats Bergman, S�dert�rn University College, Stockholm, Uppsala University, Malcolm B. Coate, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Maria Jakobsson, Stockholm University - Department of Economics, and Shawn W. Ulrick, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) explain Merger...

Inferring the Effects of Vertical Integration from Entry Games: An Analysis of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kensuke Kubo has written on Inferring the Effects of Vertical Integration from Entry Games: An Analysis of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry. ABSTRACT: This paper introduces a novel method for examining the effects of vertical integration...

IBM Under Antitrust Investigation - Is It the 1970s All Over Again?

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol For those of you who wore polyester suits to the office back in the 70s, you might remember the long DOJ Antitrust investigation against IBM. Today's FT reports that IBM is under investigation in the...

DOJ Antitrust/Department of Agriculture Transcript for the March Iowa Workshop Posted

Posted on March 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol See here. HT: Geoff Manne

Procedural Convergence in Competition Law: Towards a Spontaneous Ius Commune?

Posted on March 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Anna Gerbrandy, University of Utrecht exploresProcedural Convergence in Competition Law: Towards a Spontaneous Ius Commune? ABSTRACT: In this article I will address the question of whether substantive statutory convergence, by which is meant that national...

Competition Policy and Financial Distress

Posted on March 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ezra Friedman (Yale University - Department of Economics) and Marco Ottaviani (Northwestern - Kellogg) have an interesting new piece on Competition Policy and Financial Distress. ABSTRACT: Traditional analyses of competition policy assume that firms operate...

Restoring Accountability and Oversight in the Antitrust Settlement Process

Posted on March 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter Hettich, University of St. Gallen, University of Basel argues for Restoring Accountability and Oversight in the Antitrust Settlement Process. ABSTRACT: The enforcement of the antitrust laws is supposed to be a traditional task of...

Dr. Miles' Orphans: Vertical Conspiracy and Consignment in the Wake of Leegin

Posted on March 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol My colleague Jeff Harrison has posted a very insightful new article Dr. Miles' Orphans: Vertical Conspiracy and Consignment in the Wake of Leegin. Download it while it is hot! I highly recommend it. ABSTRACT: When...

Simulation and Prosecution of a Cartel with Endogenous Cartel Formation

Posted on March 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Johannes Paha (Justus-Liebig-University Gie�en) describes Simulation and Prosecution of a Cartel with Endogenous Cartel Formation. ABSTRACT: In many cases, collusive agreements are formed by asymmetric firms and include only a subset of the firms active...

Competition in complementary goods: Airport handling markets and Council Directive 96/67/EC

Posted on March 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maria Cristina Barbot (CEF.UP, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto) explains Competition in complementary goods: Airport handling markets and Council Directive 96/67/EC. ABSTRACT: This paper addresses the case of complementary services with vertical relations...

Should Antitrust Condemn Tying Arrangements That Increase Price Without Restraining Competition?: A Response to Einer Elhauge's 'Tying, Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit Theory'

Posted on March 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Steven Semeraro, Thomas Jefferson School of Law asks Should Antitrust Condemn Tying Arrangements That Increase Price Without Restraining Competition?: A Response to Einer Elhauge's 'Tying, Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit...

Unique Equilibrium in Two-Part Tariff Competition between Two-Sided Platforms

Posted on March 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Markus Reisinger (Department of Economics, University of Munich) analyzes Unique Equilibrium in Two-Part Tariff Competition between Two-Sided Platforms. ABSTRACT: Two-sided market models in which platforms compete via two-part tariffs, i...

Complementary Patents and Market Structure

Posted on March 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Klaus Schmidt (University of Munich) addresses Complementary Patents and Market Structure. ABSTRACT: Many high technology goods are based on standards that require several essential patents owned by different IP holders. This gives rise to a...

Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the U.S. Video Game Industry

Posted on March 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I do not have a Wii or Sony Playstation. Nevertheless, I did read the interesting paper Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the U.S. Video Game Industry by Ricard Gil (UC Santa Cruz...

Discriminatory fees, coordination and investment in shared ATM networks

Posted on March 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stijn Ferrari (National Bank of Belgium, Financial Stability Department) explores Discriminatory fees, coordination and investment in shared ATM networks. ABSTRACT: This paper empirically examines the effects of discriminatory fees on ATM investment and welfare, and...

SSRN TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Antitrust: Antitrust Law & Policy January 17, 2010 to March 18, 2010

Posted on March 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 261 The FTC's Anticompetitive Pricing Case Against Intel Herbert J. Hovenkamp, University of Iowa - College of Law, Date posted to database: February 2, 2010 Last Revised: February 2, 2010...

Comparative Deterrence from Private Enforcement and Criminal Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws

Posted on March 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Josh Davis (USF Law) and Bob Lande (Baltimore Law) have an interesting new article Comparative Deterrence from Private Enforcement and Criminal Enforcement of the U.S. Antitrust Laws. ABSTRACT: This article shows that private enforcement of...

Not So Fast: The Competition System Created by the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law and Recent Developments in its Implemetation

Posted on March 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicholas H. Cramer, Tsinghua University - School of Law has written on Not So Fast: The Competition System Created by the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law and Recent Developments in its Implementation. ABSTRACT: Culminating a two-decade long...

The Optimal Marketing Mix of Posted Prices, Discounts and Bargaining

Posted on March 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Gill (University of Southampton) and John Thanassoulis (Oxford) discuss The Optimal Marketing Mix of Posted Prices, Discounts and Bargaining. ABSTRACT: In many markets firms set posted prices which are potentially negotiable...

The United States and the Future Development of Global Competition and Consumer Protection Policy

Posted on March 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol March 18, 2010 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Dean Lindsey Cowen Business Law Lecture presented by the Center for Business Law & Regulation "The U.S. & the Future Development of Global Competition & Consumer Protection...

Optimal market design

Posted on March 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jan Boone (Department of Economics, University of Tilburg) and Jacob K. Goeree (Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich) outline Optimal market design. ABSTRACT: This paper introduces three methodological advances to study the...

Is the Guidance Paper on the Commission?s Enforcement Priorities in Applying Article 102 TFEU to Abusive Exclusionary Conduct Useful?

Posted on March 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Damien Geradin (Howrey, Tilburg, Michigan) asks Is the Guidance Paper on the Commission?s Enforcement Priorities in Applying Article 102 TFEU to Abusive Exclusionary Conduct Useful? ABSTRACT: In December 2008, the European Commission (hereafter, the ?Commission?)...

The Enhanced UPP Screen: Merging Markets into the UPP Methodology

Posted on March 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Malcom Coate (FTC) describes The Enhanced UPP Screen: Merging Markets into the UPP Methodology. ABSTRACT: Farrell and Shapiro?s Upward Pressure on Price (UPP) structure is advanced as technique to screen mergers in differentiated product markets...

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