Corporate & Securities Law

The Wider Concerns of Competition Law

Posted on July 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Okeoghene Odudu (Cambridge - Law) has posted The Wider Concerns of Competition Law. ABSTRACT: In his recent book, Article 81 EC and Public Policy, Dr Christopher Townley promotes a vision of competition law that can...

How Market Power Influences Bank Failures Evidence from Russia

Posted on July 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Zuzana Fungacova (BOFIT, Bank of Finland) and Laurent Weill (LaRGE Research Center, Université de Strasbourg) explain How Market Power Influences Bank Failures Evidence from Russia. ABSTRACT: There has been a notable debate in the banking...

Innovation, Competition and Incentives for R&D

Posted on July 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martin Woerter (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Christian Rammer (Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Department of Industrial Economics and International Management, Mannheim), and Spyros Arvanitis (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)...

How the National Competition Authorities? Decisions Fed Into the Modernization of the EU Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines: The Example of the French Autorité de la Concurrence

Posted on July 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luiza Bellulo, Umberto Berkani, & Valerie Meunier (French Autorité de la Concurrence) explain How the National Competition Authorities? Decisions Fed Into the Modernization of the EU Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines: The Example...

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The Application of European Competition Law in the Financial Services Sector

Posted on July 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Thomas Jestaedt and Marcus Pollard (both Jones Day) discuss The Application of European Competition Law in the Financial Services Sector. ABSTRACT: The central role of financial services in the drama of the economic crisis that...

Market Power in the Russian Banking Industry

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Zuzana Fungacova (BOFIT, Bank of Finland), Laura Solanko (BOFIT, Bank of Finland), and Laurent Weill (LaRGE Research Center, Université de Strasbourg) describe Market Power in the Russian Banking Industry. ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper...

Antitrust: European Commission fines animal feed phosphates producers ?175 647 000 for price-fixing and market-sharing in first "hybrid" cartel settlement case

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Accoroding to its press release, DG Comp has had its first hybrid settlement. The European Commission has concluded its first settlement of a cartel case in a hybrid scenario, where both the settlement and ordinary...

Why Imposing New Tolls on Third-Party Content and Applications Threatens Innovation and Will Not Improve Broadband Providers? Investment

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nic Economides (NYU Stern School of Business) explains Why Imposing New Tolls on Third-Party Content and Applications Threatens Innovation and Will Not Improve Broadband Providers? Investment. ABSTRACT: While some broadband providers have called Internet content...

Role of Economics in Competition Law and Practice

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The UCL Jevons Institute is pleased to announce that it will again run it successful Role of Economics in Competition Law and Practice course, starting in the Autumn 2010. This course introduces the economic theories...

Competition In Digital Media and the Internet

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joaquin Almunia (DG Competition) provides comments on Competition In Digital Media and the Internet in a speech delievered at UCL.

Consumer Choice as the Best Way to Recenter the Mission of Competition Law

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bob Lande (University of Baltimore Law) suggests Consumer Choice as the Best Way to Recenter the Mission of Competition Law. ABSTRACT: This article will (1) define the consumer choice approach to competition law or antitrust...

Dominant Firms Beware - the KFTC Will be Focusing Efforts on You

Posted on July 21, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A news story reports that the KFTC will focus efforts on dominant firm conduct. The manufacturing sector is a particular target according to the story.

Asymmetric information and exchange of information about product differentiation

Posted on July 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol António Brandão (CEF.UP, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal) and Joana Pinho (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal) discuss Asymmetric information and exchange of information about product differentiation...

A "PRINCIPLED" APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY

Posted on July 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dennis L. Weisman (Kansas State - Econ) discusses A "PRINCIPLED" APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY. ABSTRACT: The Obama administration came into power championing a philosophical shift in regulatory and antitrust policy...

Internet Sales and the New EU Rules on Vertical Restraints

Posted on July 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Filippo Amato (Jones Day) writes on the important topic of Internet Sales and the New EU Rules on Vertical Restraints. ABSTRACT: Various questions arise with regard to the type of internet sales restrictions that a...

Imperfect Substitutes for Perfect Complements: Solving the Anticommons Problem

Posted on July 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Matteo Alvisi and Emanuela Carbonara, both Department of Economics, University of Bologna describe Imperfect Substitutes for Perfect Complements: Solving the Anticommons Problem. ABSTRACT: An integrated monopoly, where all complements forming a composite good are offered...

Getting Linkedin to Antitrust and Competition Issues

Posted on July 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ever wonder who the other readers of the blog are and your potential opportunities to network with them? I have created a Linkedin site for readers of the blog to network and post announcements on...

Product Innovation and Adoption in Market Equilibrium: The Case of Digital Cameras

Posted on July 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Juan Esteban Carranza (Universidad Icesi) explores Product Innovation and Adoption in Market Equilibrium: The Case of Digital Cameras. ABSTRACT: This paper contains an empirical dynamic model of supply and demand in the market for digital...

INNOVATION SPILLOVERS AND THE "DIRT ROAD" FALLACY: THE INTELLECTUAL BANKRUPTCY OF BANNING OPTIONAL TRANSACTIONS FOR ENHANCED DELIVERY OVER THE INTERNET

Posted on July 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol J. Gregory Sidak (Tilburg Law) and David J. Teece (Berkeley Haas School of Business) explore INNOVATION SPILLOVERS AND THE "DIRT ROAD" FALLACY: THE INTELLECTUAL BANKRUPTCY OF BANNING OPTIONAL TRANSACTIONS FOR ENHANCED DELIVERY OVER THE INTERNET...

Demand Cross Elasticity Without Substitutability: Evidence from an Experiment

Posted on July 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luigi Luini, University of Siena - Department of Economics and Pierluigi Sabbatini, Government of the Italian Republic (Italy) - Italian Competition Authority address Demand Cross Elasticity Without Substitutability: Evidence from an Experiment...

Monopsony in Law and Economics

Posted on July 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol My colleagues and friends Roger Blair (University of Florida - Econ) and Jeff Harrison (University of Florida - Law) have the excellent 2nd edition coming out of Monopsony in Law and Economics. The book significantly...

Workshop on Competition Policy in Mauritius

Posted on July 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol On 20th July 2010, the Competition Commission of Mauritius, (CCM), will host a workshop on ?Competition Policy in Mauritius? at Sugar Beach Resort. The Honourable Yatin Varma, Attorney-General , will open the ceremony and the...

Transition and Transformations in Latin American Competition Law and Policy: An Introduction

Posted on July 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I have a new piece that introduces the newest CPI Antitrust Chronicle (I am on the editorial board) for the Latin American issue. My piece is Transition and Transformations in Latin American Competition Law and...

Impact of China?s Antitrust Law and other Competition Policies on U.S. Companies

Posted on July 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol House Judiciary Committee this past week on had hearings on the Impact of China?s Antitrust Law and other Competition Policies on U.S. Companies. See here for the testimony.

Research Agendas: Mine and How I?ve Strayed

Posted on July 16, 2010
Posted by Spencer Weber Waller I wanted to use this last post to take up Danny?s invitation to talk a little bit about my personal research agenda. I have been teaching full-time for exactly twenty years now, split evenly between...

What is a competitive market? The United Kingdom experience and lessons for Hong Kong

Posted on July 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hong Kong University - Norton Rose Lecture Series Second Annual Competition Law Lecture What is a competitive market? The United Kingdom experience and lessons for Hong Kong By Peter Freeman CBE, QC, Chairman UK Competition....

When an inefficient firm makes higher profit than its efficient rival

Posted on July 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Debapriya Sen (Ryerson University) and Giorgos Stamatopoulos (University of Crete) explain When an inefficient firm makes higher profit than its efficient rival. ABSTRACT: This paper considers a Cournot duopoly game with endogenous organization structures...

Competition and horizontal integration in maritime freight transport

Posted on July 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pedro Cantos Sanchez (ERI-CES), Rafael Moner-Colonques (ERI-CES), Jose Sempere-Monerris (ERI-CES), and Oscar Alvarez (IEI) address Competition and horizontal integration in maritime freight transport. ABSTRACT: This paper develops a theoretical model for freight transport characterized by...

Consumer Shopping Costs as a Cause of Slotting Fees: A Rent-Shifting Mechanism

Posted on July 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stéphane Caprice (Toulouse School of Economics and GREMAQ-INRA) and Vanessa von Schlippenbach (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) discuss Consumer Shopping Costs as a Cause of Slotting Fees: A Rent-Shifting Mechanism...

CADE Internship Program

Posted on July 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The head of international affairs at CADE has asked me to post the following: CADE's Internship Program (www.cade.gov.br/pincade). Since mid 1990's the Brazilian Antitrust Authority (CADE) successfully holds a biannual Internship Program...

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