Corporate & Securities Law

Top Ten Antitrust Articles of 2008

Its the time for end of the year lists. In conjunction with Danny Sokol’s survey of nominations for article of the year in 2008 (here are last year’s entries and here’s my list of the top 10 from last year), and without further ado, here are my personal, idiosyncratic, completely non-scientifically derived top 10 antitrust articles for 2008 (in alphabetical order):

1. Michael R. Baye, Market Definition and Unilateral Competitive Effects in Online Retail Markets, 4 Journal of Competition Law and Economics 639 (2008).
2. Dennis W. Carlton & Ken Heyer, Extraction vs. Extension: The Basis for Formulating Antitrust Policy Toward Single Firm Conduct, 4(2) Competition Policy International 285 (2008).
3. Department of Justice, Competition and Monopoly: Single Firm Conduct Under Section 2 of the Sherman Act
4. Joseph Farrell & Carl Shapiro, Antitrust Evaluation of Horizontal Mergers: An Economic Alternative to Market Definition (working paper, 2008)
5. Thomas W. Hazlett & Anil Caliskan, Natural Experiments in Broadband Regulation, 7 (4) Review of Network Economics (2008).
6. Keith N. Hylton & David S. Evans, The Lawful Acquisition and Exercise of Monopoly Power and Its Implications for the Objectives of Antitrust, 4 (2) Competition Policy International 203 (2008)
7. Benjamin Klein and Kevin M. Murphy, Exclusive Dealing Intensifies Competition for Distribution, 75 (2) Antitrust Law Journal 433 (2008).
8. William E. Kovacic, Competition Policy in the European Union and the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
9. Thomas A. Lambert, Dr. Miles is Dead, Now What? Structuring a Rule of Reason for Evaluating Minimum Resale Price Maintenance (William and Mary Law Rev., forthcoming)
10. Timothy J. Muris & Vernon Smith, Antitrust and Bundled Discounts: An Experimental Analysis, 75 (2) Antitrust Law Journal 399 (2008)

So, which is the article of the year? And the winner is …. (my lame attempt at drama means you must hit beneath the fold to find out)

Full post as published by Truth on the Market on December 24, 2008 (boomark / email).