Corporate & Securities Law

When Should a Platform Give People Fewer Choices and Charge More for Them?

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hanna Halaburda and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski (Harvard Business School) ask When Should a Platform Give People Fewer Choices and Charge More for Them? ABSTRACT: Existing economic wisdom offers unequivocal advice to managers seeking to establish...

Cruz on Global Competition: Law, Markets and Globalization

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by M. Elina Cruz David Gerber's book begins by discussing the uprising and downfall of several projects that proposed the implementation of a global competition law framework. Certainly, if this were any ordinary work, the reader (interested in competition...

Gerard on Global Competition: Law, Markets and Globalization

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by Damien Gerard In his new book, Professor David Gerber displays once again this rare ability to combine historical and sociological, together with legal and economic, considerations in support of his views, this time on the evasive ? if...

Price Signals in Two-Sided Markets

Posted on August 15, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne discusses Price Signals in Two-Sided Markets. ABSTRACT: Two-sided platforms have represented an antitrust challenge in a similar way to the challenge posed by innovation and dynamics. Put simply, a seeming...

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Refusal to Deal within EU Competition Law

Posted on August 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Liyang Hou, ICRI-KULeuven-IBBT has a new paper on Refusal to Deal within EU Competition Law. ABSTRACT: Refusal to deal is in principle not prohibited under the EU competition law. Only in exceptional circumstances dominant undertaking...

University of Melbourne?s Law School launches the Competition Law & Economics Network

Posted on August 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol On 13 August Associate Professor Caron Beaton-Wells of the University of Melbourne?s Law School launched the Competition Law & Economics Network ? a network of academics from faculties across the University researching and teaching in...

Price Discrimination in the Postal Sector and Competition Law

Posted on August 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Damien Geradin, Howrey LLP, Tilburg University - Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) has written on Price Discrimination in the Postal Sector and Competition Law. Postal competition is a very important topic (and not merely...

When the Going Gets Tight: Institutional Solutions When Antitrust Enforcement Resources are Scarce

Posted on August 13, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michal Gal (University of Haifa) has posted When the Going Gets Tight: Institutional Solutions When Antitrust Enforcement Resources are Scarce. ABSTRACT: This article seeks to explore whether institutional solutions to antitrust enforcement problems can be...

Coming Next Book: Book Review Symposium on Global Competition: Law, Markets, and Globalization

Posted on August 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I am happy to announce that next week we will have an online blog symposium on what I think has been the best book thus far of 2010 on competition/antitrust - David Gerber's Global Competition:...

Measuring the effect of virtual mergers on banks? efficiency levels:A non parametric analysis

Posted on August 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol George Halkos and Nickolaos Tzeremes, University of Thessaly, Department of Economics discuss Measuring the effect of virtual mergers on banks? efficiency levels:A non parametric analysis. ABSTRACT: This study illustrates how the recent developments in efficiency...

Soft Law and the Private Enforcement of the EU Competition Rules

Posted on August 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Albert Sánchez Graells, Pontifical University Comillas of Madrid explores Soft Law and the Private Enforcement of the EU Competition Rules.ABSTRACT: The use of soft law instruments is pervasive in the field of EU competition policy...

New Insights into Price-Setting Behaviour in the United Kingdom

Posted on August 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jennifer V. Greenslade, Bank of England - External MPC Unit and Miles Parker, Bank of England - Structural Economic Analysis Division provide New Insights into Price-Setting Behaviour in the United Kingdom. ABSTRACT: It is important...

Discretion and Judicial Review in Merger Control (Some Lessons Learned from the Risk Management Administrative Procedures)

Posted on August 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Juan C. Hernandez H., University of Navarra discusses Discretion and Judicial Review in Merger Control (Some Lessons Learned from the Risk Management Administrative Procedures). ABSTRACT: EU merger regulations rely on the ?significant impediment to effective...

What has Competition Policy ever done for me?

Posted on August 12, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CCP has announced it is hosting a seminar ?What has Competition Policy ever done for me?? to discuss how action in competition policy has benefitted citizens. The seminar, which launches a series of SSF talks,...

Hospital competition when patients have different willingness to pay for quality

Posted on August 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mario Pezzino (University of Manchester, School of Social Sciences) discusses Hospital competition when patients have different willingness to pay for quality. ABSTRACT: Two identical hospitals compete for patients choosing qualities and prices...

The role of central banks and competition policies in the rescue and recapitalisation of financial institutions during (and in the aftermath of) the Financial Crisis

Posted on August 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marianne Ojo, Center for European Law and Politics, University of Bremen, Oxford Brookes University explores The role of central banks and competition policies in the rescue and recapitalisation of financial institutions during (and in the...

Competition Law in Latin America Thursday 23 September from 5 ? 7pm at the UCL Faculty of Laws

Posted on August 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The UCL Centre for Law and Economics (Public Policy Section) is pleased to announce a forthcoming event in its Competition Law in a Global Context series: Competition Law in Latin America Thursday 23 September from...

DOES UNBUNDLING REALLY MATTER? THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICITY CASES

Posted on August 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Isabel Soares (CEF.UP, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal) and Paula Sarmento (CEF.UP, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal) ask, DOES UNBUNDLING REALLY MATTER? THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICITY CASES...

Margins and Market Shares:Pharmacy Incentives for Generic Substitution

Posted on August 11, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kurt R. Brekke (Department of Economics and Helth Economics Bergen, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), Tor Helge Holmås (Health Economics Bergen (HEB), University of Bergen), and Odd Rune Straume (Universidade do Minho -...

Register Now for An Early Bird Special - Global Competition Law Conference: Implementing Competition Law and Policy - A global perspective

Posted on August 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol University College London (UCL), Law Faculty Events Global Competition Law Conference: Implementing Competition Law and Policy - A global perspective Friday, November 19, 2010 from 8:45 AM - 6:00 PM (GMT+0530) New Delhi, India Ticket...

A Simple Theory of Predation

Posted on August 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chiara Fumagalli (Università Luigi Bocconi, CSEF and CEPR) and Massimo Motta (ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and BarcelonaGSE) offer A Simple Theory of Predation. ABSTRACT: We propose a simple theory of predatory pricing, based on incumbency advantages,...

Exclusive Dealing and the Market Power of Buyers

Posted on August 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ryoko Oki (Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo) and Noriyuki Yanagawa (Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo) explain Exclusive Dealing and the Market Power of Buyers. ABSTRACT: This paper examines the effects of exclusive...

Competition and innovation: does the distance to the technology frontier matter?

Posted on August 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Simon Adler (University of Zurich, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics) asks Competition and innovation: does the distance to the technology frontier matter? ABSTRACT: This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between innovation, competition...

Innovation, competition and incentives for R&D

Posted on August 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martin Wörter (ETH Zurich, Swiss Economic Institute KOF), Christian Rammer (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Department of Industrial Economics and International Management), and Spyros Arvanitis (ETH Zurich, Swiss Economic Institute KOF) address Innovation, competition...

Muris Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal on Antitrust in a High-Tech World

Posted on August 10, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tim Muris (George Mason Law) has an op-ed in today's WSJ on Antitrust in a High-Tech World. Highly recommended.

Mixed oligopoly, vertical product differentiation and fixed qualitydependent costs

Posted on August 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stefan Lutz and Mario Pezzino (both University of Manchester) describe Mixed oligopoly, vertical product differentiation and fixed qualitydependent costs. ABSTRACT: A private and a public firm face fixed quality-dependent costs of production and compete first...

Global Competition Law Conference: Implementing Competition Law and Policy, Global Perspectives 18 & 19 November 2010, New Delhi, India

Posted on August 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I am co-organizing what promises to be one of the best conferences of the year (perhaps even the best conference of the year). Registration is now open. Global Competition Law Conference: Implementing Competition Law and...

Advertising Collusion in Retail Markets

Posted on August 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kyle Bagwell (Stanford University, Economics) and Gea M. Lee (School of Economics, Singapore Management University) address Advertising Collusion in Retail Markets. ABSTRACT: We analyze non-price advertising by retail firms, when the firms are privately informed...

Competition Policy and Property Rights

Posted on August 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Vickers (Oxford - Econ) provides his thoughts on Competition Policy and Property Rights. ABSTRACT: One of the most controversial questions in current competition policy is when, if ever, should competition law require a firm...

Testing Forbearance Experimentally - Duopolistic Competition of Conglomerate Firms

Posted on August 09, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Werner Güth (Max Planck Institute of Economics, Strategic Interaction Group), Kirtsen Häger (Universität Jena), Oliver Kirchkamp (School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena), and Joachim Schwalbach (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Management) explain Testing...

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