Zur Lösung des Economic Lot Scheduling Problems (ELSP) finden sich in der Literatur drei Ansätze mit unterschiedlich einschränkenden Annahmen: - Ansatz des gemeinsamen Produktzyklus (Common-Cycle-Approach) - Ansatz der gemeinsamen Basisperiode (Basic-Period-Approach) - Ansatz der variierenden...

In Bowman v Monsanto, the United States Supreme Court will review a decision by the Federal Circuit creating an exception to the patent exhaustion doctrine for self-replicating technologies such as genetically modified germplasm propagated through seeds. This amicus brief represents the views of...

On January 18, 2022 the FTC and the Antitrust Division requested suggestions for improving the federal Horizontal Merger Guidelines. We filed this comment, urging the enforcers to strengthen the articulations of the incipiency doctrine and the Philadelphia National Bank presumption that are...

Zur Lösung des Economic Lot Scheduling Problems (ELSP) finden sich in der Literatur drei Ansätze mit unterschiedlich einschränkenden Annahmen: - Ansatz des gemeinsamen Produktzyklus (Common-Cycle-Approach) - Ansatz der gemeinsamen Basisperiode (Basic-Period-Approach) - Ansatz der variierenden...

The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have commenced a process of reviewing the Merger Guidelines that were last subject of a comprehensive revision in 1993. The agencies are holding a series of workshops and have solicited comments on a number of...

The Department of Justice and the Department of Agriculture have combined to hold a series of workshops related to the competitive issues affecting America's farmers and ranchers. These comments summarize the competitive issues merit attention in this process. On the farm output side they...

Farm cooperatives are important vehicles for the marketing of agricultural production. The Capper-Volstead Act's limited antitrust immunity and the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act's authorization of cartels along with some other equally old statutes still structure much of the marketing...

This paper, which will be published as a chapter in Foundation Press's forthcoming volume of antitrust stories, reviews United States v. Topco Associates, the Supreme Court's 1972 decision holding that horizontal territorial divisions are per se unlawful under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Most...

In June of 2021, a group of agricultural economists delivered a set of papers concerning the market for beef cattle. This project undertaken at the request of the House Agriculture Committee and paid for by the U.S. Department of Agriculture was intended to address the major marketing issues...