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Minimum Price Guarantees In a Consumer Search Model

Posted on June 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maarten Janssen (University of Vienna,and Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Alexei Parakhonyak (Erasmus University Rotterdam) address Minimum Price Guarantees In a Consumer Search Model. ABSTRACT: This paper is the first to examine the effect of minimum...

Increasing Dominance - the Role of Advertising, Pricing and Product Design

Posted on June 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tobias Kretschmer and Mariana Rosnery ICE, University of Munich have a new paper on Increasing Dominance - the Role of Advertising, Pricing and Product Design. ABSTRACT: Despite the empirical relevance of advertising strategies in concentrated...

Competition in Digital Media and the Internet: The Related Roles of Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Regulation

Posted on June 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Competition in Digital Media and the Internet: The Related Roles of Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Regulation (7 July 2010) Wednesday, July 07, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (GMT) London, United Kingdom Event Details...

Welfare losses in models of horizontal and vertical differentiation

Posted on June 07, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luis C. Corchón and Galina Zudenkova (both Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Econ) discuss Welfare losses in models of horizontal and vertical differentiation. ABSTRACT: We study the percentage of welfare losses (PWL) in models...

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Getting Linkedin to Antitrust and Competition Issues

Posted on June 06, 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...

Department of Justice and USDA Announce Dairy Workshop on June 25 in Wisconsin

Posted on June 06, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol From the press release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today additional details regarding the June 25 public workshop in Madison, Wis., which will examine competition and regulatory issues...

India Competition Update: Commission & Appellate Tribunal Up and Running

Posted on June 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Abdullah Hussain (Luthra & Luthra) provides an India Competition Update: Commission & Appellate Tribunal Up and Running. ABSTRACT: In its brief tenure, the Tribunal has disposed of several pending cases under the MRTP Act with...

Journal of Competition Law and Economics - June 2010; Vol. 6, No. 2, is available online

Posted on June 05, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Journal of Competition Law and Economics Table of Contents A new issue of Journal of Competition Law and Economics is available online: June 2010; Vol. 6, No. 2 The below Table of Contents is available...

The Criminalization of Serious Cartel Conduct in Australia

Posted on June 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David K. Round & Manish Agarwal (University of South Australia) discuss The Criminalization of Serious Cartel Conduct in Australia. ABSTRACT: On July 24, 2009, the Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Act 2009...

The European Union and the Financial Crisis: A State of Play (L'Union Européenne AU Chevet De La Crise Financière: Un État Des Lieux)

Posted on June 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gaetane Schaeken Willemaers, Catholic University of Louvain and Damien Gerard, Chair of European Law, Louvain University advise on The European Union and the Financial Crisis: A State of Play (L'Union Européenne AU Chevet De La...

A Real-World Analysis of Pharmaceutical Settlements: The Missing Dimension of Product-Hopping

Posted on June 04, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol chael A. Carrier, Rutgers University School of Law - Camden explores A Real-World Analysis of Pharmaceutical Settlements: The Missing Dimension of Product-Hopping. ABSTRACT: The pharmaceutical industry plays an important role in improving human health...

Quantification of Harm in Damages Actions for Antitrust Infringements: Insights from German Cartel Cases

Posted on June 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hans Wolfgang Friederiszick, ESMT European School of Management and Technology and Lars-Hendrik Röller, ESMT European School of Management and Technology provide Quantification of Harm in Damages Actions for Antitrust Infringements: Insights from German Cartel Cases...

EU Competition Law Applicable to Distribution Agreements: Review of 2009 and Outlook for 2010

Posted on June 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Louis Vogel (Professor of Law and President of the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2)) provides an overview of EU Competition Law Applicable to Distribution Agreements: Review of 2009 and Outlook for 2010. ABSTRACT: Profound changes are...

Deutsche Telekom and Pacific Bell v. Linkline: Does a Regulatory Obligation to Deal Suffice to Establish a Price Squeeze? And does Competition Law have a Place in Regulated Industries?

Posted on June 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martin Holterman, University of Twente - School of Management and Governance asks Deutsche Telekom and Pacific Bell v. Linkline: Does a Regulatory Obligation to Deal Suffice to Establish a Price Squeeze? And does Competition Law...

Economics Now Plays an Important Role at The Class Certification Stage for Antitrust Class Actions

Posted on June 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wendy Bloom (Kirkland & Ellis) argues that Economics Now Plays an Important Role at The Class Certification Stage for Antitrust Class Actions. ABSTRACT: Economic analysis now plays an important role at the class certification stage...

Competition Policy and Property Rights

Posted on June 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Vickers, University of Oxford - Department of Economics discusses Competition Policy and Property Rights. ABSTRACT: One of the most controversial questions in current competition policy is when, if ever, should competition law require a...

Cooperation, Comity, and Competition Policy

Posted on June 03, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Andrew Guzman (Berkeley Law) has a really great edited book coming out on Cooperation, Comity, and Competition Policy. ABSTRACT: Cooperation, Comity, and Competition Policy , edited by Andrew T. Guzman, illustrates how domestic competition law...

GAO Report: Issues Raised by the Proposed Merger of United and Continental Airlines

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The GAO has issued a report on the competition implications of the United/Continental merger. An early section of the report reads: One of the most important issues in this merger will be its effect on...

New Procedures and Remedies for Regulating Dominant Operators under the EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Laurent Garzaniti and Matthew O'Regan (both at Freshfields) explain New Procedures and Remedies for Regulating Dominant Operators under the EU Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework. ABSTRACT: On 25 November 2009, the European Parliament and Council adopted...

The Impact of European Antitrust Policy: Evidence from the Stock Market

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Andrea Guenster, Maastricht University - Department of Organization & Strategy and Mathijs A. van Dijk, Erasmus University - Rotterdam School of Management measure The Impact of European Antitrust Policy: Evidence from the Stock Market...

Cartel Laws Undermined: Corruption, Social Norms, and Collectivist Business Cultures

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Andreas Stephan, University of East Anglia - Centre for Competition Policy has a new article on Cartel Laws Undermined: Corruption, Social Norms, and Collectivist Business Cultures. ABSTRACT: The combination of leniency programmes, high sanctions, complaints...

CELF II: Settling into a Weak effet utile Standard for Private State Aid Enforcement

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Thomas Jaeger, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law addresses CELF II: Settling into a Weak effet utile Standard for Private State Aid Enforcement. ABSTRACT: The judgment in CELF...

The Application of Competition Law in the Communications and Media Sector: A Survey of Recent Cases

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Antonio Bavasso and Dominic Long (both Allen & Overy) discuss The Application of Competition Law in the Communications and Media Sector: A Survey of Recent Cases. ABSTRACT: This article presents an overview of key competition...

Attention Professors from Middle and Lower Income Countries

Posted on June 02, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Parker (University of Melbounre - Law) has asked for some help. She writes: Vibeke Nielsen and myself together chair the ?collaborative research network on regulatory governance? for the US Law and Society Meeting. We...

Rewriting History: Antitrust Not As We Know It . . . Yet

Posted on June 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tom Rosch (FTC) gave a speech on Rewriting History: Antitrust Not As We Know It . . . Yet. ABSTRACT: The speech addresses (1) the ideal institutional architecture for a U.S. antitrust enforcement agency; (2)...

EU Competition Policy after Lisbon: Time to Review the ?State Action Doctrine??

Posted on June 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Damien Gerard, Research Fellow, Chair of European Law, Louvain University (UCL) has a new piece on EU Competition Policy after Lisbon: Time to Review the ?State Action Doctrine?? ABSTRACT: The Lisbon Treaty removed the establishment...

Market Structure, Welfare, and Banking Reform in China

Posted on June 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chun-Yu Ho (Georgia Institute of Technology, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research) describes Market Structure, Welfare, and Banking Reform in China. ABSTRACT: This paper examines the effects of market deregulation on consumers and state commercial...

Lightening Up Market Definition

Posted on June 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David S. Evans, University of Chicago Law School, University College London suggests Lightening Up Market Definition. ABSTRACT: This article proposes a resolution to the longstanding controversy between courts, economists, and antitrust authorities over the appropriate...

A Critical Appraisal of Remedies in the E.U. Microsoft Cases

Posted on June 01, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Nic Economides (NYU - Econ) and Ioannis Liannos (UCL Law) have posted A Critical Appraisal of Remedies in the E.U. Microsoft Cases. ABSTRACT: We discuss and compare the remedies from the European Union?s two cases...

Competition in the Korean Internet Portal Market: Network Effects, Profit, and Market Efficiency

Posted on May 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Junseok Hwang, Dongook Choi, Jongeun Oh, and Yeonbae Kim (Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program, Seoul National University) describe Competition in the Korean Internet Portal Market: Network Effects, Profit, and Market Efficiency...

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