Corporate & Securities Law

Commitments in EU Competition Cases: Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003, its application and the challenges ahead

Posted on May 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Suzanne Rab, Daphne Monnoyeur, and Anjali Sukhtankar (all Hogan Lovells) describe Commitments in EU Competition Cases: Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003, its application and the challenges ahead. ABSTRACT: The ?commitments decision? procedure under Regulation 1/2003,...

Competitive Prices as Profit-Maximizing Cartel Prices

Posted on May 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Econometrics, Tinbergen Institute Evgenia Motchenkova, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Economics, TILEC Quan Wen, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics...

The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies 2010

Posted on May 31, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dear Global Competition Review news reader, We wanted to bring to your attention the new edition of The Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies. We welcome your feedback on this edition and hope you find our...

New Options for State Indirect Purchaser Legislation: Protecting the Real Victims of Antitrust Violations

Posted on May 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bob Lande (Baltimore - Law) has written the interesting New Options for State Indirect Purchaser Legislation: Protecting the Real Victims of Antitrust Violations. ABSTRACT: Illinois Brick held that only direct purchasers successfully can sue for...

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TOP 10 SSRN Most Downloaded Papers for Antitrust for March 31, 2010 to May 30, 2010

Posted on May 30, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 307 Behavioral Antitrust Amanda P. Reeves, Maurice E. Stucke, Government of the United States of America - Federal Trade Commission, University of Tennessee College of Law, 2 231 Google and...

The simple analytics of oligopoly banking in developing economies

Posted on May 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tarron Khemraj (New College Florida) discusses The simple analytics of oligopoly banking in developing economies. ABSTRACT: Previous studies have documented the tendency for the commercial banking sector of many developing economies to be highly liquid...

Losses from competition in a dynamic game model of a renewable resource oligopoly

Posted on May 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kenji Fujiwara (Kwansei Gakuin University) describes Losses from competition in a dynamic game model of a renewable resource oligopoly. ABSTRACT: This paper develops a dynamic game model of an asymmetric oligopoly with a renewable resource...

Bank Efficiency Amid Foreign Entry: Evidence from the Central American Region

Posted on May 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Torsten Wezel (IMF) addresses Bank Efficiency Amid Foreign Entry: Evidence from the Central American Region. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in the Central American region during 2002-07...

Knowledge Spillovers and the Timing of Foreign Entry

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bruno Merlevede - Ghent University, Koen Schoors - Ghent University and Mariana Spatareanu (Rutgers) discuss Knowledge Spillovers and the Timing of Foreign Entry. ABSTRACT: We analyze how foreign presence affects local firm productivity...

Commission adopts revised competition rules for motor vehicle distribution and repair

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to a press release, "The European Commission has adopted new competition rules for agreements between vehicle manufacturers and their authorised dealers, repairers and spare parts distributors. The new rules will increase competition in the...

European Commission Decisions on Anti-Competitive Behavior

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jordi Gual, University of Navarra - IESE Business School and Nuria Mas, IESE Business School of the University of Navarra explain European Commission Decisions on Anti-Competitive Behavior. This is an important paper given the data...

A revenue-based frontier measure of banking competition

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Santiago Carbó (University of Granada), David Humphrey (FSU), and Francisco Rodríguez (University of Granada) provide A revenue-based frontier measure of banking competition. ABSTRACT: Measuring banking competition using the HHI, Lerner index, or H-statistic can give...

Authorized Generic Entry prior to Patent Expiry: Reassessing Incentives for Independent Generic Entry

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sylvia Appelt (Department of Economics University of Munich) discusses Authorized Generic Entry prior to Patent Expiry: Reassessing Incentives for Independent Generic Entry. ABSTRACT: Patent holders frequently attempt to mitigate the loss of monopoly power by...

An Overview of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by Spencer Waller Thanks to Danny and the Blog for the opportunity to talk a bit about the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola Chicago where I have served as Director for the past ten years. Over the...

Introducing Guest Blogger Spencer Waller

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Spencer Weber Waller is a Professor of Law at Chicago Loyola and serves as Director of the school's Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies. Spencer served as a staff law clerk for the U.S. Court of...

Steve Salop to Receive AAI Antitrust Achievement Award

Posted on May 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In a very deserved ceremony, Steve Salop will receive the annual AAI Antitrust Achievement Award at the AAI annual conference. I urge as many people as possible to attend as Salop has been a transformative...

A conference to mark the 20th Anniversary of the EU Merger Regulation 28 & 29 September 2010, Brussels

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol INTERNATIONAL MERGER CONTROL A conference to mark the 20th Anniversary of the EU Merger Regulation 28 & 29 September 2010, Brussels Global Competition Review takes great pleasure in announcing a major international conference to mark...

A short survey of network economics

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oz Shy (Boston Federal Reserve Bank) provides A short survey of network economics. ABSTRACT: This paper surveys a variety of topics related to network economics. Topics covered include: consumer demand under network effects, compatibility decisions...

Making Sense of Non-Binding Retail-Price Recommendations

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stefan Buehler, University of St. Gallen - Department of Economics and Dennis Gärtner, University of Zurich - Socioeconomic Institute help us in Making Sense of Non-Binding Retail-Price Recommendations. ABSTRACT: We model non-binding retail-price recommendations (RPRs)...

Competition Law and Policy in Developing Countries: A Critical Assessment of the Challenges to Establishing an Effective Competition Law Regime

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maher Dabbah explores Competition Law and Policy in Developing Countries: A Critical Assessment of the Challenges to Establishing an Effective Competition Law Regime. ABSTRACT: This article offers a critical assessment of the challenges facing developing...

Consumers? participation rights in competition law procedures

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Consumers? participation rights in competition law procedures Friday, 8 October 2010 Speakers & Chair Programme Date and Venue Contact and Registration Please note that the workshop, originally planned on Friday, 16 April, 2010, has been...

Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2010

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Global Competition Review has published its Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2010. Introduction Introduction Graeme Samuel Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Overviews Cartels: Overview Andrew Matthews, Paul Schoff Minter Ellison Merger Control: OverviewFree...

Competition, Patents and Innovation II

Posted on May 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jeremy West (OECD) has posted Competition, Patents and Innovation II. ABSTRACT: In June 2009, the OECD Competition Committee continued a discussion on innovation that began in 2006. This roundtable revisited the ways in which competition...

Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority Seeks part-time Non-Executive Director

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The JCRA is seeking to appoint a part-time Non-Executive Director. Further information can be found here.

Michael Trebilcock Wins Premier's Discovery Award

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Antitrust Professor Michael Trebilcock (University of Toronto Law) has won the prestigious Premier's Discovery Award. See the details here.

Advertised Meeting-the-Competition Clauses: Collusion Instead of Price Discrimination

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oliver Budzinski (Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark) and Jürgen-Peter Kretschmer (Economic Policy Unit, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany) discuss Advertised Meeting-the-Competition Clauses: Collusion Instead of Price Discrimination...

The Inclusiveness of Exclusion

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Paulo Barelli (University of Rochester; Insper Institute of Education and Research), Suren Basov (La Trobe University), Mauricio Bugarin, and Ian Paul King (University of Melbourne) explain The Inclusiveness of Exclusion. ABSTRACT: We extend Armstrong?s (1996)...

Antitrust and Healthcare

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Varney gave a recent speech on Antitrust and Healthcare.

The Merger Between Oracle and Sun: European Commission in Line with DoJ

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Daniel Zimmer (University of Bonn - Law; Member of the German Monopolies Commission) explains The Merger Between Oracle and Sun: European Commission in Line with DoJ. ABSTRACT: The European Commission, relying among other things on...

How much competition is a secondary market?

Posted on May 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jiawei Chen (UC-Irvine), Susanna Esteban (Universitat Autµonoma de Barcelona), and Matthew Shum (Caltech) ask How much competition is a secondary market? ABSTRACT: Do active secondary markets aid or harm durable goods manufacturers? We build a...

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