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Predation and Mergers: Is Merger Law Counterproductive?
Persson, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper shows that predation might help firms overcome the free riding problem of mergers by changing the … predators prefer predation technologies that destroy the prey's assets since they limit the negative effects of the subsequent … increase the incentives for predation by helping predators avoid the bidding competition. Moreover, the incentive for predation …
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Fines, Leniency and Rewards in Antitrust: an Experiment
Bigoni, Maria; Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Le Coq, Chloé; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
law enforcement. …
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Does Europe have an innovation policy? The case of EU economic law
Battaglia, Lauren; Larouche, Pierre; Negrinotti, Matteo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper is the first of a larger project aimed at exploring, among other things, whether Europe has a consistent innovation policy in the context of EU economic law (competition policy, intellectual property law, sector regulation). As such, its primary aim is to present our approach for...
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Trust and Deterrence
Bigoni, Maria; Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Le Coq, Chloé; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper presents results from a laboratory experiment on the channels through which different law enforcement …
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On the use of price-cost tests in loyalty discounts: Which implications from economic theory?
Fumagalli, Chiara; Motta, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
that economics alone does not justify applying a price-cost test to predation but not to loyalty discounts. Still, the …
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The Failing Firm Defence: Merger Policy and Entry
Mason, Robin; Weeds, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper considers the 'failing firm defence'. Under this principle, found in most antitrust jurisdictions, a merger that would otherwise be blocked due to its adverse effect on competition is permitted when the firm to be acquired is a failing firm, and an alternative, less detrimental merger...
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Resale Price Maintenance and Collusion
Jullien, Bruno; Rey, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
The paper revisits the conventional wisdom according to which vertical restrictions on retail prices help upstream firms to collude. We analyse the scope for collusion with and without resale price maintenance (RPM) when retailers observe local shocks on demand or retail costs. In the absence of...
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Economic Theories of Bundling and their Policy Implications in Abuse Cases: An Assessment in Light of the Microsoft Case
Caffarra, Cristina; Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Stillman, Robert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Theories of bundling have had great importance in European competition policy in recent merger control and abuse of dominance cases. Prominent examples include GE/Honeywell, Tetra Laval/Sidel and the recent Microsoft decision. The European Commission has been heavily criticized in all of those...
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Optimal Fines in the Era of Whistleblowers
Buccirossi, Paolo; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
regulation or extended liability. Criminal sanctions, in the form of imprisonment, certainly bring benefits (and costs) in terms …
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Anatomy of the Rise and Fall of a Price-Fixing Conspiracy: Auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's
Ashenfelter, Orley C; Graddy, Kathryn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
The Sotheby’s/Christie’s price-fixing scandal that ended in the public trial of Alfred Taubman provides a unique window on a number of key economic and antitrust policy issues related to the use of the auction system. The trial provided detailed evidence as to how the price fixing worked,...
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