Corporate & Securities Law

Competition, product and process innovation: an empirical analysis

Posted on August 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Carlos D. Santos (Dpto. Fundamentos del Análisis Económico) explains Competition, product and process innovation: an empirical analysis. ABSTRACT: Competition has long been regarded as productivity enhancing. Understanding the mechanism by which competition affects innovation and...

Nondiscriminatory Pricing: Is Standard Setting Different?

Posted on August 23, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Anne Layne-Farrar (LECG) asks Nondiscriminatory Pricing: Is Standard Setting Different? ABSTRACT: The debate surrounding a RAND licensing promise (for reasonable and nondiscriminatory licensing) made within standard setting has focused on what the "R" means; far...

The Duchesses Come Out Swinging in Dukes: Restoring the Balance in Class Certification

Posted on August 22, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jay L. Himes & William V. Reiss, Labaton & Sucharow discuss The Duchesses Come Out Swinging in Dukes: Restoring the Balance in Class Certification. ABSTRACT: With its much-anticipated en banc decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart...

Timing Vertical Relationships

Posted on August 20, 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)) explore Timing Vertical Relationships. ABSTRACT: We show that the standard analysis of vertical...

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Success in Pharmaceutical Research: The Changing Role of Scale and Scope Economies, Spillovers and Competition

Posted on August 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Tatiana Plotnikova (DFG Research Training Program "The Economics of Innovative Change", Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany) explores Success in Pharmaceutical Research: The Changing Role of Scale and Scope Economies, Spillovers and Competition...

Antitrust Screening: Making Compliance Programs Robust

Posted on August 20, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz, LECG, LLC, Leonard N. Stern School of Business - Department of Economics, Patrick Bajari, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Joseph E. Murphy...

Democracy and Consumer Strength: Direct Evidence from Regulatory Reform in Developing Countries

Posted on August 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stephan Weymouth (School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS) and the Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego) discusses Democracy and Consumer Strength: Direct Evidence from Regulatory Reform in Developing Countries...

Competition and Mergers Among Nonprofits

Posted on August 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jens Prufer, TILEC and CentER, Department of Economics, Tilburg University has a paper on the very interesting topic of Competition and Mergers Among Nonprofits. ABSTRACT: Should mergers among nonprofit organizations be assessed differently than mergers...

Revised DOJ/FTC Horizontal Merger Guiddelines Released

Posted on August 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol See here.

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

Posted on August 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pierre Dubois and Sandra Jódar-Rosell (both Toulouse 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 estimation of...

The Follower Phenomenon: Implications for the Design of Monopolization Rules in a Global Economy

Posted on August 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jorge Padilla (LECG) and Michal Gal (University of Haifa - Law) explain The Follower Phenomenon: Implications for the Design of Monopolization Rules in a Global Economy. Abstract: Laws are oftentimes modeled, at least in part,...

The EU/US Cooperation in the Field of Antitrust Law Enforcement ? Some Challenges to Future Cooperation

Posted on August 19, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Charlotte Leskinen, Instituto de Empresa analyzes The EU/US Cooperation in the Field of Antitrust Law Enforcement ? Some Challenges to Future Cooperation. ABSTRACT: Today, undertakings frequently operate in an international environment where cross-border arrangements are...

David Lewis on Global Competition: Law, Markets, and Globalization

Posted on August 18, 2010
Posted by David Lewis David Gerber?s recently published ?Global Competition? is a must-read. ?Magisterial? is the adjective that comes most readily to mind ? in geographic scale, in conceptual scope and in sheer ambition. I have found Part II ?...

Collectively Bargained Age/Education Requirements: A Source of Antitrust Risk for Sports Club-Owners or Labor Risk for Players Unions?

Posted on August 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marc Edelman, Barry Law School and Joseph A. Wacker ask Collectively Bargained Age/Education Requirements: A Source of Antitrust Risk for Sports Club-Owners or Labor Risk for Players Unions? ABSTRACT: With both the NFL and NBA...

Counterfactual Analysis of Bank Mergers

Posted on August 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pedro P. Barros, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Diana Bonfim, Banco de Portugal, Moshe Kim, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, University of Haifa - Department of Economics, and Nuno C. Martins,...

Interpreting and Enforcing the Voluntary FRAND Commitment

Posted on August 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Roger G. Brooks, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Damien Geradin, Howrey LLP, Tilburg University - Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) discuss Interpreting and Enforcing the Voluntary FRAND Commitment. ABSTRACT: Technical standards are far...

Unilateral Effects with Differentiated Consumer Products: A Response to Werden

Posted on August 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Dave Scheffman (Cornerstone Research and Vanderbilt Owen School) and Joe Simons (Paul Weiss) respond to DOJ's Greg Werden with their article Unilateral Effects with Differentiated Consumer Products: A Response to Werden. ABSTRACT: In the April...

Antitrust Law And Economics

Posted on August 18, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Keith Hylton has edited the interesting Antitrust Law And Economics. BOOK ABSTRACT: This comprehensive book provides an extensive overview of the major topics of antitrust law from an economic perspective. Its in-depth treatment and analysis...

A Tale of Two Games: Membership Versus Usage in Platform Competition

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pai-Ling Yin (MIT Sloan) discusses A Tale of Two Games: Membership Versus Usage in Platform Competition. ABSTRACT: Demand in platform competition is characterized by a 2-stage game: first, demanders decide whether to adopt a platform,...

Reconsidering Competition and the Goals of Competition Law

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Maurice E. Stucke, University of Tennessee College of Law suggests Reconsidering Competition and the Goals of Competition Law. ABSTRACT: In light of the financial crisis and the empirical findings from behavioral economics, policymakers should reconsider...

Chen on Global Competition: Law, Markets and Globalization

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by Ruohong Chen The development of global competition law is undoubtedly a complex problem. It involves complicated factors such as economic globalization, unilateral jurisdictionalism, various competition law systems and historical, cultural and political elements behind each system...

Consumer Choice as the Best Way to Recenter the Mission of Competition Law

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Robert H. Lande, University of Baltimore - School of Law advocates Consumer Choice as the Best Way to Recenter the Mission of Competition Law. ABSTRACT: This article will (1) define the consumer choice approach to...

Market Structure and Market Access

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joseph F. Francois, Johannes Kepler University Linz and Ian Wooton, University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics discuss Market Structure and Market Access. ABSTRACT: We explore an issue at the nexus of domestic competition policy...

Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Shane Greenstein (Northwestern - Kellogg) explains Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet. ABSTRACT: The innovations that became the foundation for the Internet originate from two eras that illustrate two distinct models for...

Camilleri on Global Competition: Law, Markets, and Globalization

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by Enrico Camilleri Professor Gerber's book is, for many reasons, definitely a remarkable one and, as such, it stimulates reflections on a wide range of issues. Should I summarize my positive impressions on it, I'd say that it clearly...

Waller on Global Competition: Law, Markets and Globalization

Posted on August 17, 2010
Posted by Spencer Waller I am indebted to David Gerber on two very different levels. Besides being been a friend and mentor, his scholarship has been an inspiration and an often under-appreciated contribution to international competition policy. His earlier book...

Sponsored Search Auctions: Simple Economics and Implications for Antitrust Policy

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Renato Gomes, Toulouse School of Economics has written on Sponsored Search Auctions: Simple Economics and Implications for Antitrust Policy. ABSTRACT: The most valuable asset of many two-sided platforms is their user base. In a celebrated...

Gal on Global Competition: Law, Markets and Globalization

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by Michal Gal The development of a global legal regime, capable of effectively combating anti-competitive conduct on global markets, is not only necessary to meet the central challenges of the twenty-first century, but is also doable. This is the...

Refusal to Supply and Innovation: Past, Present and Future

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Michael Potter, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), describes Refusal to Supply and Innovation: Past, Present and Future. ABSTRACT: The effects of competition rules on innovation can be very far reaching and may be seen...

Vertical Control of a Distribution Network - An Empirical Analysis of Magazines

Posted on August 16, 2010
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Stijn Ferrari, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) and Frank Verboven, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) address Vertical Control of a Distribution Network - An Empirical Analysis of Magazines...

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