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Antitrust Mini Track at ABA International Section Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, April 5-8, 2011

Posted on February 10, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol DON?T MISS OUT ON THE ANTITRUST LAW MINI-TRACK AT THE 2011 SPRING MEETING OF THE ABA INTERNATIONAL LAW SECTION! April 5-9, 2011, Washington, DC. Early registration discounts expire February 28, 2011. Antitrust Law Mini-Track Programs...

An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of GP Competition

Posted on February 10, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chris Pike (Co-operation & Competition Panel) offers An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of GP Competition. ABSTRACT: We analyse the relationship between the quality of a GP practice in England and the degree of competition...

Exclusive contracts in health insurance

Posted on February 10, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ilya Rahkovsky (Michigan State) has posted Exclusive contracts in health insurance. ABSTRACT: Competition between insurance companies for employees of a firm often increases the prices and reduces the availability of high-quality health plans offered to...

Credit Quantity and Credit Quality: Bank Competition and Capital Accumulation

Posted on February 10, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicola Cetorelli (Federal Reserve Bank of NY) and Pietro Peretto (Duke - Econ) discuss Credit Quantity and Credit Quality: Bank Competition and Capital Accumulation. ABSTRACT: In this paper we show that bank competition has an...

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Banking Sector Performance in Some Latin American Countries: Market Power versus Efficiency

Posted on February 10, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Georgios E. Chortareas (University of Athens), Claudia Girardone (University of Essex), and Jesus Gustavo Garza-Garcia (Bank of Mexico) address Banking Sector Performance in Some Latin American Countries: Market Power versus Efficiency...

Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Caron Beaton Wells (Melbourne - Law) and Ariel Ezrachi (Oxford - Law) are editors of Criminalising Cartels: Critical Studies of an International Regulatory Movement. BOOK ABSTRACT: This book is inspired by the international movement towards...

Call for Papers: Patents, Standards, and Innovation

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CALL FOR PAPERS PATENTS, STANDARDS, AND INNOVATION The National Bureau of Economic Research's Innovation Policy and the Economy Working Group is seeking paper proposals for a conference on Patents, Standards and Innovation. The goal of...

On the Existence of Bertrand-Nash Equilibrium Prices Under Logit Demand

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol W. Ross Morrow and Steven J. Skerlos have written On the Existence of Bertrand-Nash Equilibrium Prices Under Logit Demand. ABSTRACT: This article presents a proof of the existence of Bertrand-Nash equilibrium prices with multi-product firms...

Product Market Regulation and Competition in China

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paul Conway (OECD), Richard Herd (OECD), Thomas Chalaux (OECD), Ping He (National Bureau of Statistics, China), and Jianxun Yu (National Bureau of Statistics, China) explain Product Market Regulation and Competition in China...

Using Rival Effects to Identify Synergies and Improve Merger Typologies

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joseph A. Clougherty and Tomaso Duso (WZB) discuss Using Rival Effects to Identify Synergies and Improve Merger Typologies. ABSTRACT: The strategic management literature has found it difficult to differentiate between collusive and efficiency-based synergies in...

Discounts For Qualified Buyers Only

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David McAdams, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business discusses Discounts For Qualified Buyers Only. ABSTRACT: The standard monopoly pricing problem is re-considered when the buyer can disclose his type (e.g. age, income, experience) at...

Some Thoughts on the Role of Intellectual Property in Innovation Market Cases and Refusals to License

Posted on February 09, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tom Rosch (FTC) articulates Some Thoughts on the Role of Intellectual Property in Innovation Market Cases and Refusals to License.

Earning Exclusivity: Generic Drug Incentives and the Hatch-Waxman Act

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol C. Scott Hemphill, Columbia University - Law School and Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School have an interesting new paper on Earning Exclusivity: Generic Drug Incentives and the Hatch-Waxman Act. This paper is very interesting...

Horizontal Market Power: The Evolving Law and Economics of Mergers and Cartels

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Symposium Horizontal Market Power: The Evolving Law and Economics of Mergers and Cartels Sponsored by Navigant Economics & O?Melveny & Myers LLP Wednesday, February 9, 2011 8:00 a.m. ? 12:15 p.m. Willard InterContinental Washington The...

Network Effects, Market Structure and Industry Performance

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rabah Amir (University of Luxembourg and University of Arizona) and Natalia Lazzati (University of Arizona) describe Network Effects, Market Structure and Industry Performance. ABSTRACT: This paper provides a thorough analysis of oligopolistic markets with positive...

Legal and Economic Approach to Tying and Other Potentially Unfair and Anticompetitive Commercial Practices: Focus on Financial Services

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Diego Valiante, Centre for European Policy Studies and Andrea Renda, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Libera Universit� degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) Guido Carli have written on Legal and Economic Approach to Tying and Other...

Vertical Restraints under EU Competition Law: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Framework

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit, University of Liege and David Henry, Howrey describe Vertical Restraints under EU Competition Law: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Framework. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to provide a full account of the...

The New EU Regime for Horizontal Cooperation Agreements amongst Competitors The New Rules and How They Will Apply

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The New EU Regime for Horizontal Cooperation Agreements amongst Competitors The New Rules and How They Will Apply Tuesday, 1 March 2011, The Stanhope Hotel, Brussels The revised rules for the assessment of horizontal co-operation...

Columbia's Tim Wu to Join the FTC in the Office of Policy Planning

Posted on February 08, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to a report in the WSJ, Tim Wu (Columbia Law) will join the FTC's Office of Policy Planning to "help the agency to develop policies that affect the Internet and the market for mobile...

Indirect Purchaser Class Action Settlements

Posted on February 07, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Patrick E. Cafferty, Cafferty Faucher LLP has written on Indirect Purchaser Class Action Settlements. ABSTRACT: Consumers and business entities at the bottom of a chain of distribution - i.e., those who cannot ?pass on? overcharges...

Measuring Competition Using the Profit Elasticity: American Sugar Industry, 1890-1914

Posted on February 07, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jan Boone, Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER) and Michiel van Leuvensteijn, CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis address Measuring Competition Using the Profit Elasticity: American Sugar Industry, 1890-1914...

Analysis of the FTC's Decision Not to Block Google?s Acquisition of AdMob

Posted on February 07, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Randy Stutz, AAI and Richard Brunell, AAI provide an Analysis of the FTC's Decision Not to Block Google?s Acquisition of AdMob. ABSTRACT: On May 21, 2010, after months of investigation, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...

Airline Mergers at a Crossroads: Southwest Airlines and Airtran Airways

Posted on February 07, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Diana L. Moss, American Antitrust Institute has posted Airline Mergers at a Crossroads: Southwest Airlines and Airtran Airways. ABSTRACT: The proposed merger of Southwest/AirTran could meet with relatively little antitrust enforcement resistance based on the...

Breaking News: An End to the EU Google Antitrust Probe?

Posted on February 07, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Reuters reports that that the European Commission and Google are in talks to end the antitrust probe regarding abuse of dominance for Google's search engine. See here.

Great Video on the Dutch Construction Cartel

Posted on February 05, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Everybody should make a documentary on cartels this good. The Dutch Construction Cartel, produced by the current affairs program Zembla and Voiceover by Marc Chase. Documentary film "The Dutch Construction Cartel" This documentary film is...

Simple Markov-perfect industry dynamics

Posted on February 04, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jaap H. Abbring (CentER, Department of Econometrics & OR, Tilburg University), Jeffrey R. Campbell (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), and Nan Yang (VU University Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute) analyze Simple Markov-perfect industry dynamics...

Trade Policy and Antitrust: Do Consumers Matter to Legislators?

Posted on February 04, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert M. Feinberg, American University - Department of Economics, Thomas A. Husted, American University - Department of Economics, ask Kara M. Reynolds, American University - Department of Economics ask Trade Policy and Antitrust: Do Consumers...

A Structural Approach to Market Definition With an Application to the Hospital Industry

Posted on February 04, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon - Econ), Samuel A. Kleiner (Cornell - Human Ecology), William B. Vogt (University of Georgia - Econ) provide A Structural Approach to Market Definition With an Application to the Hospital Industry...

Most Downloaded New Antitrust Papers on SSRN - December 6, 2010 to February 4, 2011

Posted on February 04, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Antitrust: Antitrust Law & Policy eJournal December 6, 2010 to February 4, 2011 Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 167 Lessons from the Financial Crisis Maurice E. Stucke, University of...

Breaking News - European Commission posts its Public consultation: Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress

Posted on February 04, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The European Commission has released its Public consultation: Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress. As the Commission notes: The purpose of this consultation is, inter alia, to identify common legal principles on collective...

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