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show that the Chicago School Theory of a single monopoly surplus that justifies tying, bundling, and loyalty …I discuss the impact of tying, bundling, and loyalty/requirement rebates on consumer surplus in the affected markets. I …/requirement rebates on the basis of efficiency typically fails. Thus, tying, bundling, and loyalty/requirement rebates can be used to …
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We discuss strategic ways that sellers can use tying and bundling with requirement conditions to extract consumer … surplus. We analyze different types of tying and bundling creating (i) intra-product price discrimination; (ii) intra … may entail. We also discuss the impact on consumers and competition, as well as potential antitrust liability of bundling …
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We analyze and contrast the US and EU antitrust standards on mixed bundling and tying. We apply our analysis to the US … in the EU) with Windows as well as to cases brought in Europe and in the United States on bundling discounts. We conclude …
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We analyze the linking and versioning strategies of a media firm when facing competition from blogs, search engines and news aggregators. First, we show that when the publisher competes against a blog it is less likely to release a “fighting version” if this generates significant spillovers...
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We discuss and compare the remedies in the two cases antitrust cases of the European Union (EU) against Microsoft. The first EU case alleged (i) that Microsoft illegally bundled the Windows Media Player (WMP) with Windows; and (ii) that Microsoft did not provide adequate documentation that would...
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Pricing of Internet access has been characterized by two properties. Parties are directly billed only by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through which they connect to the Internet and the ISP charges them on the basis of the amount of information transmitted rather than its content. These...
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The Microsoft cases in the United States and in Europe have been influential in determining the contours of the substantive liability standards for dominant firms in US antitrust law and in EC Competition law. The competition law remedies that were adopted, following the finding of liability,...
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side” of the market) increases total industry surplus compared to the fully private optimum at which the monopoly platform …
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side” of the market) increases total industry surplus compared to the fully private optimum at which the monopoly platform …
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telecommunications: a monopoly of the local telecommunications network, as well as a monopoly in retail local telecommunications services … competitors. Thus, Verizon used its monopoly of the network infrastructure to disadvantage entrants in retail. In doing so … makes sense only insofar as it helps the defendant maintain or obtain monopoly power.” …
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