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The Price Effects of Hospital Mergers: A Case Study of the Sutter-Summit Transaction

Posted on December 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Steven Tenn of the FTC's Bureau of Economics has written a merger retrospective working paper on The Price Effects of Hospital Mergers: A Case Study of the Sutter-Summit Transaction. ABSTRACT: We conduct a retrospective study...

Guidance on the Commission's Enforcement Priorities in Applying Article 82 EC Treaty

Posted on December 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In an important development, "The Commission has published on 3 December 2008 guidance on its enforcement priorities in applying Article 82 to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings. The Commission also issued a press release...

The Effects of Competition on Investment - Towards a Taxonomy

Posted on December 03, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Armin Schmutzler, University of Zurich - Socioeconomic Institute (SOI) writes on The Effects of Competition on Investment - Towards a Taxonomy. ABSTRACT: Using a general two-stage framework, this paper gives sufficient conditions for increasing competition...

Vertical Restraints Under Asymmetric Information: On the Role of Participation Constraints

Posted on December 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Antonio Acconcia, University of Naples Federico II - Department of Economics and Riccardo Martina, University of Naples Federico II - Department of Economics analyze Vertical Restraints Under Asymmetric Information: On the Role of Participation Constraints...

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Efficiency Gains and Mergers

Posted on December 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Giuseppe De Feo (University of Strathclyde - Business School) has a paper on Efficiency Gains and Mergers. ABSTRACT: In the theoretical literature, strong arguments have been provided in support of the efficiency defense in antitrust...

Chambers Latin America 2009 Rankings: Brazil Antitrust

Posted on December 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rankings in Brazil for antitrust reveals a new pecking order for antitrust competition policy. Band 1 ? Advocacia Jos� Del Chiaro ? Franceschini e Miranda - Advogados ? Magalh�es, Ferraz e Nery - Advocacia Band...

Brand and Price Advertising in Online Markets

Posted on December 02, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael R. Baye of the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University and John Morgan of the Haas School of Business at Berkeley have an interesting new paper on Brand and Price Advertising in Online...

Qualcomm v. Broadcom Decision Out!

Posted on December 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A major decision is out in Qualcomm v. Broadcom - the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court on Qualcomm's duty to disclose the patents to the SSO. It reversed on the scope of the unenforceability...

Achieving Self-sustaining Competition in Telecommunications

Posted on December 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Neelie Kroes (European Commissioner for Competition) gave a speech at the 9th Annual ECTA Regulatory Conference in Brussels on November 27, 2008 on Achieving Self-sustaining Competition in Telecommunications.

Enforcement Strategies in the Health Care Industry

Posted on December 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Commissioner Tom Rosch of the FTC has an interesting speech on Enforcement Strategies in the Health Care Industry that he gave at the ABA Health Law Section 6th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit. ABSTRACT: Today I...

Competition and Innovation: An Experimental Investigation

Posted on December 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Armin Schmutzler, University of Zurich - Socioeconomic Institute (SOI) provides his thoughts on Competition and Innovation: An Experimental Investigation. ABSTRACT: The paper analyzes the effects of more intense competition on firms' incentives to invest in...

Price Fixing in the Retail Industry

Posted on December 01, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Price Fixing in the Retail Industry When: Thursday, December 4 9:00 - Breakfast Buffet 9:30 - Press Conference Where: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. The First Amendment Lounge (13th Floor) Speakers:...

FTC Issues Performance and Accountability Report for FY2008

Posted on November 30, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The FTC has issued its Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) for FY2008. The PAR begins with a ?Message from the Chairman? and includes three parts: Part I contains management?s discussion and analysis of the FTC?s...

European Commission Issues Preliminary Report on Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry Highlights Cost of Pharma Companies' Delaying Tactics

Posted on November 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to the press release on the Commission's Competition Policy website: The European Commission has published its preliminary report on the competition inquiry into the pharmaceutical sector, which finds that competition in this industry does...

Next Steps in the Evolution of Antitrust Law: What to Expect from the Roberts Court

Posted on November 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Greg Werden of DOJ Antitrust gives us some predictions in his piece Next Steps in the Evolution of Antitrust Law: What to Expect from the Roberts Court. ABSTRACT: Under the leadership of Chief Justice John...

Competition Policy Issues in the Consumer Payments Industry

Posted on November 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Given that today is known as Black Friday in the United States (the busiest shopping day of the year) it is only fitting that we focus on consumer payments and antitrust. Nicholas Economides, NYU -...

New Web Design for the Global Competition Review

Posted on November 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Global Competition Review has launched a much improved web site.

Cournot Duopoly When the Competitors Operate Multiple Production Plants

Posted on November 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Fabio Tramontana (Universit� di Urbino - Economics), Laura Gardini (Universit� di Urbino - Economics), and T�nu Puu (CERUM, Ume� University) discuss Cournot Duopoly when the Competitors Operate Multiple Production Plants in their latest paper...

Judicial Review in French Competition Law and Economic Regulation - A Post-Commission v. Tetra Laval Assessment

Posted on November 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nicolas Petit, University of Liege Law (and Howrey) and Louise Rabeux (Howrey) provide some analysis on Judicial Review in French Competition Law and Economic Regulation - A Post-Commission v. Tetra Laval Assessment. ABSTRACT: The present...

Free Movement of Judgments: Increasing Deterrence of International Cartels Though Jurisdictional Reliance

Posted on November 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michal Gal of the University of Haifa Law School writes on Free Movement of Judgments: Increasing Deterrence of International Cartels Though Jurisdictional Reliance. ABSTRACT: This article challenges the conventional wisdom that not much can be...

Competition Commission Publishes New Merger Remedy Guidelines

Posted on November 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The intrepid antitrust enforcers in the UK at the Competition Commission (CC) have published new guidelines. These guidelines on merger remedies explain the CC approach to remedies, "such as divestiture, prohibition and behavioural measures, where...

Airport Congestion: When Theory Meets Reality

Posted on November 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The day before Thanksgiving is typically the busiest travel day of the year. In honor of those of you traveling, you may enjoy reading the article Airport Congestion: When Theory Meets Reality by Michael Levine....

Chambers Asia 2009 Rankings: Best Antitrust Lawyers in Korea

Posted on November 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chambers Asia has ranked the best practices in South Korea. Band 1 Kim & Chang Yulchon Band 2 Shin & Kim Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu Band 3 Bae, Kim & Lee LLC Lee...

Competition for Access: Spectrum Rights and Downstream Access in Wireless Telecommunications

Posted on November 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gijsbert Zwart, CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, Tilburg Law and Economics Center and Michiel J. Bijlsma, CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis discuss Competition for Access: Spectrum Rights and Downstream Access in...

Airline Competition in the British Isles

Posted on November 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alberto A. Gaggero (Universit� degli Studi di Genova - Economics) and Claudio Piga (Loughborough University - Economics) discuss Airline Competition in the British Isles. ABSTRACT: We study the relationship between pricing and market structure on...

FTC Seeks Supreme Court Review of Rambus Decision

Posted on November 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The petition is here. For those who want a summary, the FTC press release notes: According to the Commission?s complaint, Rambus engaged in deceptive conduct as a participant in a standard-setting organization (SSO) by withholding...

Chambers Asia 2009 Rankings: Best Antitrust Lawyers in Japan

Posted on November 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Japan antitrust rankings are out for Chambers' 2009 Asia Rankings. Band 1 Hibiya Sogo Law Office Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Band 2 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Freshfields Momo-o Matsuo & Namba Mori Hamada &...

Aggregation, Antitrust, and Complex Collusion

Posted on November 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Scott Hemphill of Columbia Law School continues his patent-antitrust interface work with his article Aggregation, Antitrust, and Complex Collusion. The value of the article is the new data set that he brings to the discussion...

Advanced Course in Competition Policy - Di Tella University

Posted on November 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina will hold an advanced competition policy course. Details are in the pdf linked below. Download COMPETENCIA.pdf

An Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the Delta/Continental/Northwest Code-Share Alliance

Posted on November 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol With the Delta/Northwest merger successfully behind us, now is a good time to read An Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Effects of the Delta/Continental/Northwest Code-Share Alliance by Philip G. Gayle of Kansas State University (Economics)...

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