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Call For Papers- Knowledge for Growth: European Strategies in the Global Economy

Posted on February 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Toulouse School of Economics and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research have called for papers for the Conference Knowledge for Growth: European Strategies in the Global Economy. The conference will be held...

OFT Offers Ł100,000 Reward for Information on Cartels

Posted on February 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In a new move for a European antitrust agency (I believe that South Korea is the only other country with such a program), the UK's Office of Fair trading has offered a Ł100,000 bounty (roughly...

Interview with Michael Baye, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission

Posted on February 29, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In the latest issue of the Antitrust Source, there is a great interview with Michael Baye, the head of the FTC's Bureau of Economics. ABSTRACT: In this interview with The Antitrust Source, Dr. Michael Baye...

Conference on India's New Merger Control Regime

Posted on February 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Global Competition review has details of this March 15-16 New Delhi conference.

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Emerging Principles of International Competition Law

Posted on February 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A new book out this month by Oxford University Press is by Chris Noonan (University of Auckland Faculty of Law), Emerging Principles of International Competition Law. Description: Many firms operate in complex legal environments where...

Majoras to Resign Soon

Posted on February 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Normally we don't include gossip on the blog but when gossip about antitrust gets coverage in the Wall Street Journal and NY Times (and why can't we get more general coverage on antitrust in these...

The Economic Impact of Merger Control Legislation

Posted on February 28, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In their latest paper, Elena Carletti of the University of Frankfurt - Center for Financial Studies, Philipp Hartmann of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and Steven Ongena of...

49th Annual Antitrust Law Institute

Posted on February 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol PLI will host its 49th Annual Antitrust Law Institute in New York on May 5. Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 9:00 Introduction 9:15 Relationships Among Competitors Overview of Section 1 of the Sherman...

Spilled Ink or Economic Progress? The Supreme Court's Decision in Illinois Tool Works v. Independent Ink

Posted on February 27, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bruce H. Kobayashi of George Mason University School of Law weighs in with Spilled Ink or Economic Progress? The Supreme Court's Decision in Illinois Tool Works v. Independent Ink. ABSTRACT: This article examines the Supreme...

Antitrust Policy and Industrial Policy: A View from the U.S.

Posted on February 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Larry White of NYU's Department of Economics gives us a good sense of the tension that antitrust faces in the US with industrial policy in his paper Antitrust Policy and Industrial Policy: A View from...

Deregulation, Competition and Consumer Welfare in Banking Market: Evidence from Hong Kong

Posted on February 26, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Chun-yu Ho of Boston University - Department of Economics examines competition issues in Deregulation, Competition and Consumer Welfare in Banking Market: Evidence from Hong Kong. ABSTRACT: This paper examines competition among commercial banks following deregulation...

An Empirical Evaluation of Long Term Advisors and Short Term Interventions in Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

Posted on February 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol D. Daniel Sokol (i.e., me, the tall and lanky one on the far left) of the University of Missouri School of Law and Kyle Stiegert of the University of Wisconsin Department of Agricultural and Applied...

Kroes Wall Street Journal Interview and Story

Posted on February 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol What happens when the leading US based financial newspaper and the leading European antitrust regulator sit down? A number of interesting quotes. My favorites include: Whether the EU should consider criminal penalties from cartel operators,...

Competition and Regulatory Policy Towards Multi-Sided Platform Businesses with Applications to the Internet Economy

Posted on February 25, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Evans of University College London Faculty of Law and LECG brings us his latest working paper Competition and Regulatory Policy Towards Multi-Sided Platform Businesses with Applications to the Internet Economy. ABSTRACT: A multi-sided platform...

Towards a Differentiated Analysis of Competition of Competition Laws

Posted on February 24, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Wolfgang Kerber of Philipps of University Marburg - Department of Business Administration and Economics and Oliver Budzinski of University of Marburg - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration discuss Towards a Differentiated Analysis of Competition...

Weyerhaeuser, Predatory Bidding, and Error Costs

Posted on February 23, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Keith Hylton of Boston University Law School suggests that Brooke Group remains the gold standard for predatory bidding in his latest article Weyerhaeuser, Predatory Bidding, and Error Costs. ABSTRACT: In Weyerhaeuser v. Ross-Simmons the Supreme...

Transparency of Regulation and Cross-Border Bank Mergers

Posted on February 22, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I love papers on competition in the banking and financial sector. One that caught my eye is Transparency of Regulation and Cross-Border Bank Mergers by Matthias Köhler of the Center for European Economic Research that...

Competition Law and Public Policy: Reconsidering an Uneasy Relationship: The Example of Art. 81

Posted on February 22, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Heike Schweitzer of the European University Institute - Department of Law reexamines Article 81 in his paper Competition Law and Public Policy: Reconsidering an Uneasy Relationship: The Example of Art. 81. ABSTRACT: The EU is...

Wither American Assistance to Competition Agencies: An FTC-DOJ Workshop

Posted on February 22, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ken Davidson of the American Antitrust Institute has posted his thoughts on the DOJ/FTC technical assistance workshop in which I participated in two weeks ago. His piece is titled Wither American Assistance to Competition Agencies:...

Duke Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law Symposium (with an Antitrust Panel)

Posted on February 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Duke Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society and the Duke Law and Technology Review are holding their annual Hot Topics in Intellectual Property Law Symposium on February 29. This year the topics are patent reform...

OECD Seventh Global Forum on Competition

Posted on February 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Today the OECD kicks off its Seventh Global Forum on Competition. Topics for discussion are as follows: Opening Session - Opening Remarks by Angel GURRIA, OECD Secretary-General Session I - Peer Review of Ukraine [Open...

Kroes Speaks Out on the Importance of Competition

Posted on February 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Today's Financial Times has a story with a great quote from Neelie Kroes, "We cannot go back to the old inefficient ways just because it suits a narrow political interest from time to time" in...

Competition Law Policy in the Banking Sector

Posted on February 21, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hemant Batra, of Käden Boriss Consulting Pvt. Ltd addresses Competition Law Policy in the Banking Sector in India. ABSTRACT: Competition laws are generally designed to combat anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices...

Empirical Approaches for Identifying Maverick Firms: An Application to Mortgage Providers in Australia

Posted on February 20, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert Breunig (Australian National University College of Business and Economics) and Flavio Menezes (University of Quuensland School of Economics) write about Empirical Approaches for Identifying Maverick Firms: An Application to Mortgage Providers in Australia in...

The Proper Role of Courts: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Leegin

Posted on February 20, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Lance McMillian of John Marshall Law School discusses The Proper Role of Courts: Why the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Leegin in an upcoming issue of the Wisconsin Law Review. ABSTRACT: Separation of powers...

Thomson's/Reuters Gets Antitrust Approval

Posted on February 19, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The Thomson's/Reuters proposed merger has received antitrust approval (conditioned on some divestitures). Thompson's is the parent company of our exclusive advertiser so please make sure to click through on their ads located to the right...

Non-contractual Liability of the European Community in Competition Matters: The Aftermath of the CFI Judgment of 11 July 2007 in Case T-351/03, Schneider v. Commission

Posted on February 19, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Aitor Montesa Lloreda of the European Court of First Instance writes about Non-contractual Liability of the European Community in Competition Matters: The Aftermath of the CFI Judgment of 11 July 2007 in Case T-351/03, Schneider...

Competition and Regulatory Regimes in Small & Developing Countries

Posted on February 19, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CUTS' CDRF Porject has come out with a policy brief about Competition and Regulatory Regimes in Small & Developing Countries. ABSTRACT: In small and developing economies, the formulation and implementation of competition policies should take...

Trouble Ahead at the IP/Competition Intersection?

Posted on February 18, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David Hull of Covington asks about Trouble Ahead at the IP/Competition Intersection? based on the EU investigation of the pharmaceutical sector. ABSTRACT: Efforts by innovative pharmaceutical companies to protect their markets against generic drugs have...

TOP 10 Most Downloaded SSRN New Papers on Antitrust Law & Policy December 19, 2007 to February 17, 2008

Posted on February 18, 2008
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol 1. The Elusive Antitrust Standard on Bundling in Europe and in the United States at the Aftermath of the Microsoft Cases Nicholas Economides, Ioannis Lianos, New York University - Stern School of Business, University College...

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