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The dynamics of leniency application and the knock-on effect of cartel enforcement
Zhou, Jun - 2016
We study the timing of leniency applications using a novel application of multi-spell discrete-time survival analysis for a sample of cartels prosecuted by the European Commission between 1996 and 2014. The start of a Commission investigation does not affect the rate by which conspirators apply...
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Global giants and local stars : how changes in brand ownership affect competition
Alviarez, Vanessa; Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - 2021
-7% higher without divestitures. Up to 30% savings could have been obtained in Latin America by emulating the pro-competition …
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The Battle for Patent Rights in Plant Biotechnology: Evidence from Opposition
Schneider, Cédric - 2010
This paper describes and analyzes the occurrence and extent of oppositions initiated against plant biotechnology patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). The opposition mechanism is a legal procedure that allows any third party to challenge the validity of patents awarded by the EPO....
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Economic incongruities in the European patent system
Mejer, Malwina; Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - 2009
‐level competition policy and granting authority ultimately facing national jurisdictional primacy on patent issues. These high degrees …
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The Plaintiff’s role in enforcing a court ruling : evidence from a labor court in Mexico
Kaplan, David Scott; Sadka, Joyce C. - 2011
We analyze the outcomes of 332 cases from a labor court in Mexico in which a judge awarded money to a plaintiff who claimed to have been fired by a firm without cause. The judgments were enforced in only 40% of the cases. A plaintiff may try to enforce a judgment by petitioning the court to...
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Improving taxation environment : attracting foreign direct investment
Singh, R. R. - 2016
With opening of the economy in 1991 and subsequent removal of regulatory and trade barriers, India became an attractive investment (Foreign Direct Investment-FDI) destination. A large number of multinationals have established operations in India to utilise the services of available skilled...
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Inconsequential harmonization of Danish competition law
Blomgren-Hansen, Niels; Møllgaard, H.Peter - 1999
By replicating Articles 85 and 86 of the EC Treaty the Danish Competition Act (put in force January 1998) constituted a …
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Tests of (abuse of) domination: the Danish cement industry
Funding la Cour, Lisbeth; Møllegaard, H. Peter - 2000
We test econometrically whether the sole Danish producer of cement holds a dominant position in the Danish market for (grey) cement. In import penetration tests, we find that its pricing and quantity decisions are independent of import price and quantity, implying that it can act to a...
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Sequential versus simultaneous market: The relevant antitrust market for salmon
Haldrup, Niels; Møllgaard, Peter; Nielsen, Claus Kastberg - 2005
Delineation of the relevant market forms a pivotal part of most antitrust cases. The standard approach is sequential. First the product market is delineated, then the geographical market is defined. Demand and supply substitution in both the product dimension and the geographical dimension will...
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Modern industrial economics and competition policy : open problems and possible limits
Budzinski, Oliver - 2009
Naturally, competition policy is based on competition economics made applicable in terms of law and its enforcement …. Within the different branches of competition economics, modern industrial economics, or more precisely gametheoretic …-based competition policy on both sides of the Atlantic. In particular, the paper advocates a change of the way modern industrial …
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