Corporate & Securities Law

The Impact of Mergers on the Degree of Competition in the Banking Industry

Posted on October 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Vittoria Cerasi (Bicocca University), Barbara Chizzolini (Bocconi University), and Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics and EHESS, Toulouse University) analyze The Impact of Mergers on the Degree of Competition in the Banking Industry...

The effect of competition on process and outcome quality of hospital care; An empirical analysis for the Netherlands

Posted on October 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michiel Bijlsma, Pierre Koning, Victoria Shestalova, and Ali Aouragh explain The effect of competition on process and outcome quality of hospital care; An empirical analysis for the Netherlands. ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on the relationship...

The Revised Merger Guidelines: Did the Agencies Heed the Lessons of the Past?

Posted on October 28, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Deborah Feinstein (Arnold & Porter) asks some tough questions on the merger guidelines in her comment The Revised Merger Guidelines: Did the Agencies Heed the Lessons of the Past?

Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa: Pricing of Number Portability: Cost- or Demand-Based?

Posted on October 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Yves Van Gerven - Vermulst Verhaeghe Graafsma & Bronckers and Anne Vallery discuss Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa: Pricing of Number Portability: Cost- or Demand-Based? ABSTRACT: In a judgment of 1 July 2010 (C-99/09 Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa),...

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The New Legal Framework for Motor Vehicle Distribution: A Toolkit to Deal with Real Competition Breakdowns

Posted on October 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Clark and Stephan Simon discuss The New Legal Framework for Motor Vehicle Distribution: A Toolkit to Deal with Real Competition Breakdowns. ABSTRACT: The new rules on motor vehicle distribution are closer to the general...

Leniency programs for multimarket firms: The effect of Amnesty Plus on cartel formation

Posted on October 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Yassine LeFouili (Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)) and Catherine Roux (University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics) have an interesting paper on Leniency programs for multimarket firms:...

Competition and growth: reinterpreting their relationship

Posted on October 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Daria Onori (Université catholique de Louvain, CORE, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; University of Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of Economics) addresses Competition and growth: reinterpreting their relationship. ABSTRACT: In this paper we modify a standard quality ladder...

Ambiguous Information and Market Entry: An Experimental Study

Posted on October 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jordi Brandts (Department of Business Economics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Instituto de Analisis Economico (CSIC)) and Lan Yao (School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) study Ambiguous Information and Market Entry: An...

The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: A Static Compass in a Dynamic World?

Posted on October 27, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jay Ezrielev (Compass Lexcon) and Janusz A. Ordover (NYU Economics) ask The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: A Static Compass in a Dynamic World?

Intellectual Property and Antitrust Limitations on Contract: Comment

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Matthew John Holian, San Jose State University - Department of Economics and Neil N.H. Nguyen, San Jose State University - Department of Economics discuss Intellectual Property and Antitrust Limitations on Contract: Comment. ABSTRACT: In their...

Timing Vertical Relationships

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Richard Ruble (EMLYON & CNRS, GATE), Bruno Versaevel (EMLYON & CNRS, GATE), and Étienne de Villemeur (Toulouse School of Economics (IDEI & GREMAQ)) describe Timing Vertical Relationships. ABSTRACT: We show that the standard analysis of...

Getting The Deal Through: Private Antitrust Litigation 2011

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Global Competition Review is pleased to announce the publication of Getting The Deal Through: Private Antitrust Litigation 2011. This fully revised and updated 8th edition offers the reader coverage of 27 jurisdictions worldwide including new...

A Dynamic Duopoly Investment Game under Uncertain Market Growth

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marcel Boyer (Université de Montréal), Pierre Lasserre (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Michel Moreaux(Toulouse School of Economics (IDEI and LERNA)) describe A Dynamic Duopoly Investment Game under Uncertain Market Growth...

Competitive Markets for Achieving Growth and Development in West Africa

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Competitive Markets for Achieving Growth and Development in West Africa Date: Thursday, 11th November 2010 Venue: Room XXIII, Palais de Nations, Geneva Time: 1330hrs to 1430hrs CUTS has implemented a two-year project entitled, ?Strengthening Constituencies...

Price and Brand Competition between Differentiated Retailers: A Structural Econometric Model

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pierre Dubois and Sandra Jódar-Rosell (both Toulouse School of Economics) discuss Price and Brand Competition between Differentiated Retailers: A Structural Econometric Model. ABSTRACT: We develop a model of competition between retailer chains with a structural...

Discounts For Qualied Buyers Only

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol David McAdams, Duke University discusses Discounts For Qualied Buyers Only. ABSTRACT: The standard monopoly pricing problem is re-considered when the buyer can disclose his type (e.g. age, income, experience) at some cost. In the optimal...

The Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Can the Courts Be Persuaded?

Posted on October 26, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Leah Brannon and Kathleen Bradish (Cleary Gottlieb) ask The Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Can the Courts Be Persuaded? The answer should be "yes". Check out the writing of Hillary Greene and my own contribution to...

Corporate Governance and Competition Policy

Posted on October 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Spencer Waller (Chicago Loyola Law) has written on Corporate Governance and Competition Policy. He is correct to note that many people have not linked the two areas. ABSTRACT: Corporate governance law addresses the misaligned incentives...

A New Approach to Relevant Market Under the Prospective Broadcasting-Telecommunications Business Development Law

Posted on October 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Young-Cheol (David) Jeong (Yonsei University - Law) offers A New Approach to Relevant Market Under the Prospective Broadcasting-Telecommunications Business Development Law. ABSTRACT: Mergers and acquisitions are subject to competition law review based on the concept...

Systemic Financial Service Institutions and Monopoly Power

Posted on October 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sharon Eleaine Foster (Arkansas Law) has posted Systemic Financial Service Institutions and Monopoly Power. ABSTRACT: This paper examines the application of Sherman Section 2 to systemic financial service institutions and concludes that a systemic financial...

Concerted Practices and the Presence of Obligations: Joint Action in Competition Law and Social Philosophy

Posted on October 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maksymilian T. Del Mar, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, explores Concerted Practices and the Presence of Obligations: Joint Action in Competition Law and Social Philosophy. ABSTRACT: This paper considers whether, and...

CALL FOR PAPERS: CONFERENCE ON REVIEWING THE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE WITH ECONOMIC REGULATION A Forward Looking Perspective

Posted on October 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol CALL FOR PAPERS CONFERENCE ON REVIEWING THE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE WITH ECONOMIC REGULATION A Forward Looking Perspective CUTS International will be organising this conference in New Delhi On March 15-17, 2011. Papers are invited by practitioners,...

2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The View from the Technology Industry

Posted on October 25, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Susan Creighton (Wilson Sonsini) has explained 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The View from the Technology Industry.

Cartels and Corporate Compliance

Posted on October 24, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The UCL Centre for Law and Economics (Competition, Regulation and Public Policy Section) invited you to a Competition Law in a Global Context Lecture: CARTELS AND CORPORATE COMPLIANCE by Professor Daniel Sokol (University of Florida...

Vodafone: Price Regulation as a Substitute for Intervention under Article 102 TFEU

Posted on October 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Thomas Ackermann (University of Munich) argues Vodafone: Price Regulation as a Substitute for Intervention under Article 102 TFEU. ABSTRACT: Article 102(2)(a) TFEU states that abusive conduct may consist in imposing unfair prices or trading conditions...

Clinical Integration: Linchpin of Real Reform

Posted on October 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Melinda Hatton (American Hospital Assoc.) discusses Clinical Integration: Linchpin of Real Reform. ABSTRACT: During the year-long debate over health care reform, removing barriers to clinical integration received far less attention than it should have...

France Telecom: When is State Aid Financed through State Resources?

Posted on October 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol M. M. Slotboom (Simmons & Simmons) discusses France Telecom: When is State Aid Financed through State Resources? ABSTRACT: The France Télécom judgment demonstrates that inventive governments may favour their national industries with government measures that...

DG Competition Qualiative Stakeholder Survey Report is Out

Posted on October 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol DG Competition has carried out for the first time a comprehensive stakeholder survey about its activities. The survey was in two parts: an in-depth qualitative survey targeting professional stakeholders and a broad and general survey...

Exclusivity and Exclusion on Platform Markets

Posted on October 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Subhasish M. Chowdhury (School of Economics, University of East Anglia) and Steven Martin (Purdue University) describe Exclusivity and Exclusion on Platform Markets. ABSTRACT: We examine conditions under which a platform firm can exclude rivals by...

Draft Guidelines on the Applicability of Article 101 TFEU to Horizontal Cooperation Agreements

Posted on October 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Florian Wagner-von Papp (UCL Law) looks at Draft Guidelines on the Applicability of Article 101 TFEU to Horizontal Cooperation Agreements. ABSTRACT: Among the innovations of the Draft Guidelines, anticipated to replace the 2001 Guidelines, is...

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