In this paper we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The paper begins with a … ways that might affect the optimality of competition. The paper then focuses on the main areas in which antitrust has been …

effectiveness, and how the quintessential features of blockchain reshape industrial organization and the landscape of competition … competition, yet the irreducible distribution of information during consensus generation may encourage greater collusion. In …

role of an active market for corporate control and of competition in banking integration. European listed banks … profitability appears to converge to a common level. There is weak evidence that competition eliminates high profits for these banks …

Using a general-equilibrium simulation model featuring nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and … labor markets, this paper estimates the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition …, greater competition produces large effects on macroeconomic performance, as measured by standard indicators. In particular, we …

, and poor, capital-scarce and low productivity countries. We address two main issues: the efficiency of tax competition and … efficiency of tax competition. We also demonstrate how capital mobility within the union strengthens the competition over …

Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this … product market competition interact with the strength of patent rights. We provide empirical evidence of innovation responding … with step-by-step innovation models predicting that product market competition enhances innovation and, more importantly …

Open borders imply systems competition. This paper studies the implications of systems competition for the national … competition rules. It is shown that an equilibrium where all countries retain their antitrust laws does not exist, since …

This paper sets up a microeconomic theory of labor unions. It discusses their formation and goals, their hierarchical … structure, and the nature of rent distribution. The theory provides predictions for the probability that an industry or …