Antitrust emerged in the 1950s and became dominant in the US. We show the extent to which economic objectives and theoretical … views shaped antitrust laws in their inception. After establishing the minor influence of economics in the promulgation of … US competition laws, we then highlight US economists' very cautious views about antitrust until the Second New Deal. We …

entre la vieille loi des patents et la toute nouvelle législation antitrust. Les différentes expériences dans l …

From the perspective of antitrust authorities, the multiplication of patents embodied in technology standards is a … that have fueled antitrust debates and economic research during the last decade. On the one hand, patent owners may be … conditions, patent pools should be accepted by antitrust authorities. On the other hand, patent owners may be tempted to …

efficiency gains for the design of structural merger remedies. We show that a larger asset transfer should be requested from a … divestitures with the regulation of their sale price. We discuss the opportunity of such a merger policy tool, and argue that in …

The efficiency defence was long delayed in the European merger control due to costly implementation issues. In this … defence from those that do not, allowing such a procedure can lead to a lower post-merger price. Secondly, we study the impact … of merger remedies on the incentives conveyed by the efficiency defence, and conclude on the optimal design of the …

transaction cost theory, this article identifies the coordination problems and contractual hazards resulting from transaction and …