Corporate & Securities Law

EU plans for a group claim directive resuscitated

Posted on February 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Thomas Lübbig (Freshfields) and Paul Nihoul (Université catholique de Louvain Law) summarize EU plans for a group claim directive resuscitated. ABSTRACT: It took the then European Economic Community (EEC) from 1968 to 1985 to draft...

Inter-firm rivalry and firm growth: Is there any evidence of direct competition between firms?

Posted on February 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Alex Coad (Max Planck Institute of Economics,) and Mercedes Teruel (Departament d'Economia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) ask Inter-firm rivalry and firm growth: Is there any evidence of direct competition between firms? ABSTRACT: Inter-firm competition has...

Price Competition under Limited Comparability

Posted on February 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michele Piccione (LSE) and Ran Spiegler (UCL and Tel Aviv University) address Price Competition under Limited Comparability. ABSTRACT: This paper studies market competition when firms can influence consumers? ability to compare market alternatives, through their...

The application of EU competition law in the energy sector

Posted on February 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ulrich Scholz and Stephan Purps analyze The application of EU competition law in the energy sector. ABSTRACT: The liberalisation of European energy markets has culminated in the adoption of the third energy package in 2009,....

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Getting The Fine Down Cartel Regulation 2011

Posted on February 03, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Global Competition Review is pleased to announce the publication of Getting The Fine Down Cartel Regulation. This fully revised and updated 11th edition offers the reader coverage of 41 jurisdictions worldwide, including new chapters on...

On the Move: Sean Ennis from OECD to head the Competition Commission of Mauritius

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sean Ennis has finally figured out the secret to good life - interesting work, good staff and a great location. He has just been appointed the the new Executive Director of the Competition Commission of...

Competition and Market Structure in Local Real Estate Markets

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jason Beck, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Frank A. Scott, University of Kentucky, and Aaron Yelowitz, University of Kentucky - Department of Economics address Competition and Market Structure in Local Real Estate Markets...

Prices and Deadweight Loss in Multi-Product Monopoly

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rabah Amir (University of Arizona and University of Luxembourg), Jim Y. Jin (University of St Andrews), Gerald Pech (American University in Bulgaria), and Michael Tröge (ESCP-Europe) address Prices and Deadweight Loss in Multi-Product Monopoly...

Just Another Brick in the Wall: Communications with In-house Lawyers Remain Unprotected by Legal Privilege at the European Union Level

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Luis Pais Antunes (PMLJ) describes Just Another Brick in the Wall: Communications with In-house Lawyers Remain Unprotected by Legal Privilege at the European Union Level.ABSTRACT: As decided by the ECJ, legal privilege does not extend...

Recent EU case law developments: Article 102 TFEU

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Romano Subiotto, Farrell Malone, David R. Little, Clémentine de Brosses, and Simina Suciu (Cleary Gottlieb) provide a summary of Recent EU case law developments: Article 102 TFEU. ABSTRACT: During the period covered, the European Commission...

Complications in the Antitrust Response to Monopsony

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol My colleague Jeff Harrison (University of Florida - Law) has written a very good piece on Complications in the Antitrust Response to Monopsony. ABSTRACT: The general idea of treating monopoly and monopsony similarly under the...

Work on Competition Law Issues... in Fiji (yes, they are hiring)

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Fiji Commerce Commission is looking for a Senior Research Fellow in Competition Law. Download Competition Lawyer

Save the Date: Global Competition Law Conference in Hong Kong, March 18-19, 2011

Posted on February 02, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Please save the date for a competition law and policy conference co-organized by Thomas Cheng (Universit of Hong Kong), Ioannis Lianos (UCL) and D. Daniel Sokol (University of Florida). The Centre for Law, Economics and...

Neo-Behavioralism?

Posted on February 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Max Huffman, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis has written on Neo-Behavioralism? ABSTRACT: This symposium contribution discusses the interplay between Neo-Chicago antitrust and Behavioral Antitrust. Neo-Chicago appears to be defined as a return to...

Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Settlement Procedure for Cartels

Posted on February 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics explores Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Settlement Procedure for Cartels. I recommend this paper. ABSTRACT: In its recently implemented settlement...

Why Higher Price Sensitivity of Consumers May Increase Average Prices: An Analysis of the European Electricity Market

Posted on February 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tobias Paulun, RWTH Aachen University - Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics, Eberhard Feess, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, and Reinhard Madlener, RWTH Aachen University, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) suggest...

15th International Conference on Competition, Berlin, 13-15 April 2011

Posted on February 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Conference Announcement 15th International Conference on Competition, Berlin, 13-15 April 2011 The International Conference on Competition, organised by the Bundeskartellamt, is one of the most renowned international events dealing with competition law issues...

The Domestic and International Effects of Interstate U.S. Banking

Posted on February 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Fabio Pietro Ghironi, Boston College - Department of Economics and Viktors Stebunovs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Division of Monetary Affairs describe The Domestic and International Effects of Interstate U...

Google, IBM, SAP, and The Others: Is the European Commission Targeting Technology Firms?

Posted on February 01, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Lorenzo Coppi (LECG) asks Google, IBM, SAP, and The Others: Is the European Commission Targeting Technology Firms? ABSTRACT: The European Commission has recently opened an antitrust investigation in connection to Google's commercial practices...

Monopoly Innovation and Welfare Effects

Posted on January 31, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Shuntian Yao, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) - Centre for Research in Financial Services (CREFS) and Lydia L. Gan, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Medical Tourism Research Center address Monopoly Innovation and Welfare...

Interchange Regulation: Implications for Credit Unions

Posted on January 31, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Adam Levitin (Georgetown Law) has written on Interchange Regulation: Implications for Credit Unions. ABSTRACT: This research brief reviews the potential implications of the Durbin Interchange Amendment on credit unions based on an original survey of...

Counting Rivals or Measuring Share: Modeling Unilateral Effects for Merger Analysis

Posted on January 31, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Malcolm Coate is a one man transparency regime for the FTC (hint, hint, can someone step up to the plate at DOJ and start doing some similar analysis?). In Counting Rivals or Measuring Share: Modeling...

Short-Term Managerial Contracts Facilitate Cartels

Posted on January 31, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martijn A. Han, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) suggests that Short-Term Managerial Contracts Facilitate Cartels. ABSTRACT: This paper shows how a series of commonly observed short-term CEO employment contracts...

Keywords: Google, European Commission. Anyone Feeling Lucky?

Posted on January 30, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Lia Vitzilaiou (Lambadarios Law Offices) has authored Keywords: Google, European Commission. Anyone Feeling Lucky? ABSTRACT: On November 30, 2010, the European Commission issued a press release which many were worried about, others looking forward to,...

Preventing Merger Unilateral Effects: A Nash-Cournot Approach to Asset Divestitures

Posted on January 28, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Patrice Bougette, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion (GREDEG), Université de Montpellier 1 explores Preventing Merger Unilateral Effects: A Nash-Cournot Approach to Asset Divestitures...

Input Price Discrimination When Buyers Operate in Multiple Markets

Posted on January 28, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Anil Arya, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business and Brian Mittendorf, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business analyze Input Price Discrimination When Buyers Operate in Multiple Markets. ABSTRACT: This...

Sokol - Do I really Look Like "The Greatest Insurance Agent of All Time" in the Nationwide Ads?

Posted on January 28, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I read through my student evaluations this morning from last semester (good news: high marks). A number of the evaluations noted that I had a more than passing resemblance to the guy in the Nationwide...

The Re-Emergence of Prices Surveillance

Posted on January 28, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Charles Cousins, Monash University - Faculty of Law and Allan Fels, Australia and New Zealand School of Government address The Re-Emergence of Prices Surveillance. ABSTRACT: In an election year with inflation starting to creep...

Strategic Delegation Improves Cartel Stability

Posted on January 27, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Martijn A. Han, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics has written on Strategic Delegation Improves Cartel Stability. ABSTRACT: Fershtman and Judd (1987) and Sklivas (1987) show how strategic delegation in the...

Price-Concentration Analysis in Merger Cases with Differentiated Products

Posted on January 27, 2011
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Walter Beckert, University of London, Birkbeck College - School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics and Nicola Mazzarotto, discusses Price-Concentration Analysis in Merger Cases with Differentiated Products. ABSTRACT: This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of...

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