and effectiveness of a wide variety of regulatory initiatives, including antitrust actions, as well as economic and social …

the basis of economic theory and evidence. I first discuss how the economics of antitrust has developed over the years …, with the intention of characterizing the intellectual inheritance of 1990s’ antitrust regulators. Within this context, I … economic science. On the basis of these arguments, antitrust regulators should pause and reconsider the theoretical and …

. Furthermore we argue that the term ‘bidding market’ as it is widely used in antitrust is unhelpful or misleading. Auctions and …

We discuss issues of the application of antitrust law and regulatory rules to network industries. In assessing the … application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in … which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect them. These relevant features include (among others) network effects …

the history of regulation and antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of …

E-commerce may prove a double-edged sword for antitrust enforcement. While the internet massively increases the … potential size of the relevant market for any antitrust investigation, thereby reducing the need for antitrust activity, it also … opens firms up to protectionist uses of antitrust by foreign authorities using an economic effects rule for jurisdiction. An …

antitrust intervention in the telecommunications sector. After discussing the impact of wireless technologies, we conclude by …