Corporate & Securities Law

A Consumer-Welfare Approach to Network Neutrality Regulation of the Internet

Posted on September 29, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Greg Sidak (Criterion Economics) has posted A Consumer-Welfare Approach to Network Neutrality Regulation of the Internet. ABSTRACT: On Sept. 21, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will issue a formal notice of proposed...

Yom Kippur and Antitrust

Posted on September 27, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sundown tonight begins Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Jewish religion. I will not be blogging till tomorrow night as I spend this solemn 24 hour period fasting, repenting and atoning...

Call for Papers - Indian Journal of International Economic Law

Posted on September 26, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL) of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) has posted a call for papers. Download WEB CALL LETTER

Meet the New Federal Trade Commission Bureau Directors

Posted on September 26, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law's Federal Civil Enforcement Committee Presents: Meet the New Federal Trade Commission Bureau Directors A Brown Bag Program to be held Thursday, October 8, 2009 12:00 p.m. - 1:30...

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Why Airline Antitrust Immunity Benefits Consumers

Posted on September 25, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Daniel Kasper & Darin Lee (LECG) explain Why Airline Antitrust Immunity Benefits Consumers. ABSTRACT: Any analysis of immunized airline alliances must begin by recognizing that, unlike most other global businesses, airlines are precluded by a...

Market Shares in Two-Sided Media Industries

Posted on September 25, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hans Jarle Kind, Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration (NHH), and Frank Stähler, University of Otago - Department of Economics explain Market Shares in Two-Sided Media Industries. ABSTRACT: This paper generalizes the frequently used...

Long-Term Contracts and Competition on European Gas Markets - Has the Commission Struck the Right Balance

Posted on September 25, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aldo Spanjer, Leiden Law School asks Long-Term Contracts and Competition on European Gas Markets - Has the Commission Struck the Right Balance. ABSTRACT: This article examines whether the balance currently struck by the European Commission...

Carve-Outs Under Airline Antitrust Immunity: In the Public Interest?

Posted on September 24, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jan Brueckner (University of California, Irvine) & Stef Proost (KU Leuven, Brussels) address Carve-Outs Under Airline Antitrust Immunity: In the Public Interest? ABSTRACT: Prohibitions on cross-border airline mergers preclude full integration of U...

Reform and Competitive Selection in China: An Analysis of Firm Exits

Posted on September 24, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Qing Gong Yang (New Zealand Commerce Commission) and Paul Temple (University of Surrey) write on Reform and Competitive Selection in China: An Analysis of Firm Exits. ABSTRACT: This paper considers aspects of the competitive selection...

The Impact of Firm Size and Market Size Asymmetries on National Mergers in a Three-Country Model

Posted on September 24, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luis Santos-Pinto (HEC - Business School) explains The Impact of Firm Size and Market Size Asymmetries on National Mergers in a Three-Country Model. ABSTRACT: This paper studies the impact of firm and market size asymmetries...

Our Progress Towards International Convergence

Posted on September 24, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Varney (DOJ) gave a recent speech on Our Progress Towards International Convergence at the Fordham conference.

The Price-Marginal Cost Markup and its Determinants in U.S. Manufacturing

Posted on September 24, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sandeep Mazumder (Wake Forest - Econ) explains The Price-Marginal Cost Markup and its Determinants in U.S. Manufacturing. ABSTRACT: This paper estimates the price-marginal cost markup for US manufacturing using a new methodology...

Final Descent? The Future of Antitrust Immunity in International Aviation

Posted on September 23, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Benjamin Bradshaw (O'Melveny & Myers) & Bimal Patel (O'Melveny & Myers) ask, Final Descent? The Future of Antitrust Immunity in International Aviation. ABSTRACT: It is no secret that the Department of Justice (?DOJ?) and the...

Technical Standards Setting Organizations & Competition: A Case for Deference to Markets

Posted on September 23, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol IP specialist Raymond T. Nimmer (University of Houston - Law Center) has posted Technical Standards Setting Organizations & Competition: A Case for Deference to Markets. ABSTRACT: There exists a risk of standards-setting organizations (SSO's) becoming...

The Kroes Legacy Coming to a Close

Posted on September 23, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Check out the following story in the NY Times about the last months of Kroes' tenure at the Commission in terms of case load with a global ramification including speculation of a Microsoft settlement.

The Kinked Demand Model and the Stability of Cooperation

Posted on September 23, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sergio Currarini (Department of Economics,Faculty of Economics, Universitŕ degli Studi di Venezia "Ca' Foscari") and Marco Marini (Dipartimento di Economia e Metodi Quantitativi, Universitŕ di Urbino) analyze The Kinked Demand Model and the Stability of...

Markets for Heterogeneous Products: a Boundedly Rational Consumer Model

Posted on September 23, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marco Valente (Economics - Universitŕ degli Studi dell'Aquila) has a new paper on Markets for Heterogeneous Products: a Boundedly Rational Consumer Model. ABSTRACT: The paper is based on the acknowledgement that properties of markets stemming...

Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to Hold Workshops Concerning Horizontal Merger Guidelines

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that they will solicit public comment and hold joint public workshops to explore the possibility of updating the Horizontal Merger Guidelines that are...

Railroad Antitrust Reform?A Train to Nowhere?

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Don Baker (Baker & Miller PLLC) & Bill Mullins (Baker & Miller PLLC) ask Railroad Antitrust Reform?A Train to Nowhere? ABSTRACT: There is an obvious déjŕ vu quality in today?s loudly promoted ?Railroad Antitrust Enforcement....

Bank Competition and Firm Growth in the Enlarged European Union

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gábor Pellényi (research fellow, ICEG European Center) and Tamás Borkó (research fellow, ICEG European Center) examine Bank Competition and Firm Growth in the Enlarged European Union. ABSTRACT:We examine the impact of bank competition and institutional...

Mixed Duopoly with Price Competition

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Prabal Roy Chowdhury has written on Mixed Duopoly with Price Competition. ABSTRACT: This paper examines coalition-proof Nash equilibria (CPNE) of a mixed duopoly with price competition where the public firm meets all the demand coming...

Refusals to Deal

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The OECD has published Refusals to Deal. ABSTRACT: The term ?refusal to deal? describes a situation in which one firm refuses to sell to another firm, or is willing to sell only at a price...

Varney on Merger Guidelines Workshops

Posted on September 22, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Varney (DOJ) explained the Merger Guidelines Workshops at today's Third Annual Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium.

Competition Come Full Circle? Pending Legislation to Repeal the U.S. Railroad Exemptions

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chris Sagers (Cleveland State Law) asks Competition Come Full Circle? Pending Legislation to Repeal the U.S. Railroad Exemptions. ABSTRACT: The single oldest and probably most convoluted story in American antitrust is its relationship with the...

Important Changes to Antitrust Litigation Course: Preparing and Trying an Antitrust Case

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol ABA SECTION OF ANTITRUST LAW Antitrust Litigation Course: Preparing and Trying an Antitrust Case Have You Registered? Important Change to Litigation Course: Trying a Merger Case As the Chinese proverb goes, ?we live in interesting...

Measurement of the Market Power of Firms: The Japanese Case in the 1990s

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National University - Faculty of Business Administration, Takanobu Nakajima, Keio University - Faculty of Business and Commerce, and Kiyohiko G. Nishimura address Measurement of the Market Power of Firms: The Japanese Case...

Collusion, competition and piracy

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Francisco Martínez-Sánchez (Universidad de Alicante) offers his thoughts on Collusion, competition and piracy. ABSTRACT: In this paper we analyze firms' ability to tacitly collude on prices in an infinitely repeated duopoly game of vertical product...

Justice Department Submits Views on Proposed Google Book Search Settlement

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Because of Rosh Hashana, I did not post on the biggest news of the weekend - the DOJ Antitrust Divisions submitted its views on the Google Book Search Settlement.

Relative Profitability of Dynamic Walrasian Strategies

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Weihong Huang (Division of Economics,School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) writes on Relative Profitability of Dynamic Walrasian Strategies. ABSTRACT: The advantage of price-taking behavior in achieving relative profitability in oligopolistic quantity...

EC Decision Against Intel is Available

Posted on September 21, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Here it is. I am under tight deadlines for overdue papers so I have not had time to read it.

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