in analyzing regulatory and antitrust issues. Departing from the traditional emphasis on institutions, Economics of … Regulation and Antitrust asks how economic theory and empirical analyses can illuminate the character of market operation and the … topics. Part I, on antitrust, has been given a major revision to reflect advances in economic theory and recent antitrust …

Over the past twenty years, economic theory has begun to play a central role in antitrust matters. In earlier days, the … application of antitrust rules was viewed almost entirely in formal terms; now it is widely accepted that the proper … Handbook of Antitrust Economics offers scholars, students, administrators, courts, companies, and lawyers the economist's view …

In Competition in Telecommunications, Jean-Jacques Laffont and Jean Tirole analyze regulatory reform and the emergence …

. Antitrust cases are argued using sophisticated economic thinking; both plaintiffs and defendants in U.S. v. Microsoft, for …Antitrust policy in the United States and Europe relies increasingly on economic analysis. Economic theory and … empirical analysis play a central role in antitrust decisions in the courts and in the formulation and enforcement of policy …

Antitrust law regulates economic activity but differs in its operation from what is traditionally considered … entry, antitrust law focuses more broadly on maintaining certain basic rules of competition. In these lectures Michael … Whinston offers an accessible and lucid account of the economics behind antitrust law, looking at some of the most recent …

policy and governance problems created by the assignment of Internet domain names and addresses. "The root" is the top of the … domain name hierarchy and the Internet address space. It is the only point of centralized control in what is otherwise a … distributed and voluntaristic network of networks. Both domain names and IP numbers are valuable resources, and their assignment …

efficient rivals. This book asks whether the current chaotic state of the telecommunications and related Internet industries is … benefits to society as a whole. In telecommunications, for example, wireless, IP, and cable-based technologies are all fighting … for a share of the market currently dominated by older, circuit-switched, copper-terminated networks. This process is …

regulatory scheme, no book has cogently explained the intricacies of telecommunications competition policy in the Internet age … service and video distribution; and the Internet's transformation of every aspect of the telecommunications industry …Telecommunications policy profoundly affects the economy and our everyday lives. Yet accounts of important …