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Antitrust failures : the internet giants
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James - 2018
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – the FANG companies – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. Soaring consumer access to information, news, social networks, and entertainment has been stimulated by the ever-more ubiquitous and falling...
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Antitrust for internet gianst
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James H. - 2018
There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
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Essential Facilities
Sidak, J. Gregory; Lipsky, Abbott B. - 2009
United States v. Terminal Railroad Association, the essential facilities doctrine has been applied to a wide variety of business contexts - from football stadiums to the New York Stock Exchange. However, courts have also declined to extend the doctrine to a wide variety of situations. Despite...
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Concentration, Contracting and Competition : Problems in Using the Packers & Stockyards Act to Supplement Antitrust
Sykuta, Michael E. - 2010
paper then outlines several challenges facing the successful and efficient use of the PSA as a competition policy from both … likely consequences associated with more aggressive enforcement in the name of competition …
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Reviews of Recent Antitrust Books (2011-12)
Waller, Spencer Weber - 2013
The following is a compilation of short book reviews I have prepared over the past two years for the World Competition … comprehensive list of publications in the competition law field, but rather those works that crossed my desk and appealed to me … Law, Market Definition in Antitrust: Theory and Case Studies (2012); 2) Brett M. Frischmann, Infrastucture: The Social …
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Antitrust in High-Technology Industries : A Symposium Introduction
Gal, Michal; Waller, Spencer Weber - 2012
about. The papers in this special issue of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics attempt to meet this two … government's visible one. In particular, they address the over-arching concerns expressed by some commentators that competition … law may not be sufficiently nimble or accurate to detect and remedy competition violations in more innovative industries …
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Reinventing Competition in the EU Telecom Sector NGNs & the Macro-Environment
Tompras, Theodossis G. - 2010
The present paper (presented in ITU's & INA 2009 workshop on “Migration to Next Generation Regulatory Environment”) tries to identify the effects of the concentration experienced so far in the EU telecom sector and offers a high level strategy proposition for alternative revenue sources in...
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Unveiling 'Invisible Hands' : Two-Sided Platforms in Health Care Markets
Howell, Bronwyn E. - 2009
treatment costs, health care markets differ so significantly from hypothetical 'perfect competition' that competition and … competition where welfare is maximised when prices differ from marginal cost, this paper develops an alternative taxonomy for … thinking about institutional design and the application of competition principles in health care markets. The taxonomy …
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Credit Card Reform and Bankruptcy Reform
Simkovic, Michael - 2012
Consumer advocates won a victory with the passage of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009. (Credit Card Act). The Credit Card Act bans certain pricing practices that were confusing to credit card users. Ironically, the seeds of this legislative victory may...
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The Effect of BAPCPA on Credit Card Industry Profits and Prices
Simkovic, Michael - 2009
The U.S. Bankruptcy code changed dramatically with the passage of The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act Of 2005. This act increased the costs and decreased the benefits of bankruptcy to consumers. Supporters of the law claimed that it would benefit consumers as well as...
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