Corporate & Securities Law

The Law and Economics of the NCAA?s Claim to Monopsony Rights

Posted on September 18, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jeffrey Lynch Harrison, University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law and Casey C. Harrison, University of Florida have authored The Law and Economics of the NCAA?s Claim to Monopsony Rights. ABSTRACT: This...

Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Merger

Posted on September 18, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol L. Jay Bourgeois, University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration has prepared a case study on the Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Merger. ABSTRACT: Whole Foods and Wild Oats were both...

Price and quality in spatial competition

Posted on September 18, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Kurt R. Brekke (Department of Economics and Helth Economics Bergen, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), Luigi Siciliani (Department of Economics and Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington), Odd Rune Straume (Universidade...

Quick - Somebody Call Amnesty International! Intel Says EU Antitrust Fine Violated Human Rights

Posted on September 18, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bob Lande (Baltimore - Law) opines in the EU Intel case with his piece Quick - Somebody Call Amnesty International! Intel Says EU Antitrust Fine Violated Human Rights. ABSTRACT: This articles discusses Intel's claim that...

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The effectiveness of competition authorities: prioritization, market inquiries and impact

Posted on September 17, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Competition Commission Chairman Peter Freeman recently gave a speech titled The effectiveness of competition authorities: prioritization, market inquiries and impact at the Third Annual Competition Commission, Competition Tribunal and Mandela Institute Conference on Competition Law,...

Criminalising Cartels - A Critical Interdisciplinary Workshop on an International Regulatory Movement

Posted on September 17, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Criminalising Cartels - A Critical Interdisciplinary Workshop on an International Regulatory Movement Thursday 12 November 2009 Venue: Centre for Competition Law & Policy Organised by Centre for Competition Law & Policy The aim of the...

Rating the Competition Agencies: What Constitutes Good Performance?

Posted on September 17, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bill Kovacic (FTC) asks Rating the Competition Agencies: What Constitutes Good Performance? ABSTRACT: What is a good competition agency? Among competition policy specialists, this topic often emerges in casual conversation and scholarly debate...

Politics and the Pursuit of Efficiency in New Zealand

Posted on September 17, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bronwyn E. Howell, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation Inc. and Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington writes on Politics and the Pursuit of Efficiency in New Zealand. ABSTRACT: Economic analysis...

Cartels as Two-Stage Mechanisms: Implications for the Analysis of Dominant-Firm Conduct

Posted on September 17, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Randal D. Heeb (Bates White), William E. Kovacic (FTC), Robert C. Marshall (Penn State Econ), and Leslie M. Marx (Duke - Fuqua) explain Cartels as Two-Stage Mechanisms: Implications for the Analysis of Dominant-Firm Conduct. Download...

New Directions in Antitrust Enforcement

Posted on September 16, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol New Directions in Antitrust Enforcement Washington, DC 22 September 2009 Hosted by NERA Economic Consulting The antitrust enforcers of the Obama administration have settled into their offices and antitrust practitioners are seeing green shoots of...

Mom-and-Pop Meet Big-Box: Complements or Substitutes?

Posted on September 16, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John C. Haltiwanger (U Maryland Econ), Ron S. Jarmin (Census Bureau), C. J. Krizan (Census Bureau) explain Mom-and-Pop Meet Big-Box: Complements or Substitutes? ABSTRACT: In part due to the popular perception that Big-Boxes displace smaller,...

Second Annual Searle Center Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy

Posted on September 16, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Second Annual Searle Center Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy Friday, September 25th - Saturday, September 26th The Second Annual Searle Center Research Symposium on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy will be held,...

Competition and Innovation in the Microprocessor Industry: Does AMD spur Intel to innovate more?

Posted on September 16, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ronald Goettler University of Chicago and Brett Gordon Columbia University ponder Competition and Innovation in the Microprocessor Industry: Does AMD spur Intel to innovate more? ABSTRACT: We propose and estimate a model of dynamic oligopoly...

The Analysis of Market Dominance and Restrictive Practices Under German Antitrust Law in Light of EC Antitrust Law

Posted on September 15, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Anca Daniela Chiri?? Europa-Institut, University of Saarland has a recent article on The Analysis of Market Dominance and Restrictive Practices Under German Antitrust Law in Light of EC Antitrust Law. ABSTRACT: This article analyses key...

Competition and Consumer Regulation for Australian Banks

Posted on September 15, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Shyam Singh Bhati explains Competition and Consumer Regulation for Australian Banks. ABSTRACT: This paper provides an overview of the legal and regulatory framework that affects banks and financial institutions in Australia. As a first step,...

Competition Policy and Financial Crises Lessons Learned and the Way Forward

Posted on September 15, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Nordic competition authorities have published the interesting Competition Policy and Financial Crises Lessons Learned and the Way Forward. ABSTRACT: In their semi-annual meeting in Helsinki in March 2009, the Directors General of the Nordic...

Procedural Fairness

Posted on September 15, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Christine Varney (DOJ) recently gave a speech on Procedural Fairness in Fiesole at the 13th Annual Competition Conference of the International Bar Association.

Success, Dominance, and Interoperability

Posted on September 14, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alan Devlin, Michael S. Jacobs, DePaul University - College of Law, and Bruno L. Peixoto, Brazilian Institute for Economic Analysis of Law explain Success, Dominance, and Interoperability. ABSTRACT: n September 2007, the European Court of...

Joseph Farrell Brownbag Discussion

Posted on September 14, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association Economics Committee Presents a Brown Bag Panel Discussion with Joseph Farrell Director of the FTC?s Bureau of Economics Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:00 to 1:30 PM EDT Recently...

Antitrust Litigation Course: Preparing and Trying an Antitrust Case Against the Government

Posted on September 14, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Antitrust Litigation Course October 15-16, 2009 The Blackstone Hotel Chicago, IL Preparing and Trying an Antitrust Case Against the Government In the past few years, the government has challenged several mergers in court, and the...

Most Downloaded Antitrust Law Professors of the Past Year

Posted on September 14, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Here is the list based on SSRN downloads within the past one year. I include only professors who have uploaded an antitrust work in the past year. 1. Mark Lemley, Stanford 10,577 2. Damien Geradin,...

Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium - 2009

Posted on September 12, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, Tuesday 22 September 2009 Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium Cutting-edge issues in competition law and policy will be addressed in this forum for lawyers, policymakers, corporate executives and academics...

GCR's 2009 Competition Law Review

Posted on September 11, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol GCR's 2009 Competition Law Review Recent developments in Competition Law and Policy Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November 2009, The Conrad Hotel, Brussels Excellent speakers, excellent value! Keynote speakers: Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Federal Trade...

Territory, Territoriality, and the Resolution of Jurisdictional Conflict

Posted on September 11, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hannah L. Buxbaum, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington has a new piece article on Territory, Territoriality, and the Resolution of Jurisdictional Conflict. ABSTRACT: Ever-increasing gaps and overlaps in the national regulation of cross-border events challenge...

Penalty Clauses in Exclusive Contracts and Abuse of Dominant Position

Posted on September 11, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ignacio Marin Garcia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Carlos Alberto Ruiz García, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Law describe Penalty Clauses in Exclusive Contracts and Abuse of Dominant Position. ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the Spanish...

Mobile Termination and Mobile Penetration

Posted on September 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sjaak Hurkens (IESE) and Doh-Shin Jeon (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) explain the dynamics of Mobile Termination and Mobile Penetration. ABSTRACT: In this paper, we study how access pricing affects network competition when subscription demand is elastic...

Signaling the Strength of a Market Entrant

Posted on September 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Karel Janda (Charles University - Econ) provides us an understanding of Signaling the Strength of a Market Entrant. ABSTRACT: This article belongs to the game theoretic and information economics literature dealing with the problem of...

Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law Seminars

Posted on September 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CPI presents: China Series: An Introduction to Anti-Monopoly Law presented by Martyn Huckerby (Mallesons Stephen Jaques) This seminar will provide a basic introduction to the Chinese legal framework and Chinese antitrust law...

Oligopsony Power in the Ukrainian Milk Processing Industry: Evidence from the Regional Markets for Raw Milk

Posted on September 10, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Oleksandr Perekhozhuk, Michael Grings, and Thomas Glauben have written on Oligopsony Power in the Ukrainian Milk Processing Industry: Evidence from the Regional Markets for Raw Milk. ABSTRACT: Most of the studies based on the New...

Entry, Exit, and the Determinants of Market Structure

Posted on September 09, 2009
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Timothy Dunne (University of Oklahoma), Shawn Klimek (U.S. Bureau of the Census), Mark Roberts (Pennsylvania State), and Daniel Yi Xu (NYU) explain Entry, Exit, and the Determinants of Market Structure. ABSTRACT: Market structure is determined...

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