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Blockchain Code as Antitrust
Schrepel, Thibault; Buterin, Vitalik - 2021
In this article, the authors show that blockchain can help in reaching the goals of antitrust law in situations where the rule of law does not (fully) apply. They detail what needs to be done to this end, from both a technical and legal standpoint
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Cartelizing Groups in Dynamic Linear Oligopoly with Antitrust Threshold
Matsumoto, Akio - 2009
The effects of partially cooperating firms are examined in N-firm oligopolies. The Herfindahl-Hirschmann Index is assumed to detect the violation of the antitrust regulation by the firms, and based on this assumption a piece-wise differentiable dynamic system can be developed. The firms stop...
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Dynamic competition, exclusionary and exploitative abuses, and article 102 TFEU : towards a concept of systemic market power?
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2024
In this paper, we comment on the debate about guidelines for Art. 102 TFEU in the face of the challenges brought by digital ecosystems and abuse of dominance in related markets. We take the perspective of dynamic competition economics and derive four recommendations for the future enforcement of...
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Pay-for-Delay and the Structure of Article 101(1) TFEU : Points of Law Raised in Lundbeck and Paroxetine
Ibáñez Colomo, Pablo - 2019
• Pay-for-delay cases raise fundamental points of law, including the notion of (potential) competition and restriction by object.• According to the rich case law addressing the relationship between Article 101(1) TFEU and intellectual property – including Nungesser and BAT (Toltecs-Dorcet)...
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Competition Law and Sector Specific Rules in European Energy Sector : A Comparison to Trinko, Recent Commission’s Antitrust Decisions and a Look to the Future
Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2014
This paper aims at highlighting the Commission's approach towards the relation between sector specific regulation and general competition law, especially concerning energy markets and the road to Internal Market objective.We firstly present Trinko case, in order to focus on two crucial and...
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Essential Facilities Doctrine in Relation to Incentives to Invest
Diathesopoulos, Michael D. - 2014
In this paper we especially focus on the issue of incentives to invest in relation to forced sharing of essential facilities and infrastructure in developing markets, where innovation plays a key role. We evaluate the economic consequences of third party access to the obliged to grant access...
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Corporate leniency in a dynamic context : the preemptive push of an uncertain future
Gärtner, Dennis - 2021
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Cartels and bribes
Burguet, Roberto; Iossa, Elisabetta; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2021
We study the relationship between collusion and corruption in a stylized model of repeated procurement where the cost … suppliers alleviates free-riding in reporting. However, it also facilitates collusion in bidding by increasing the value of the … collusive rent. In turn, bidding collusion facilitates cooperation in reporting by increasing the value of having honest …
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Gender and collusion
Haucap, Justus; Heldman, Christina; Rau, Holger A. - 2022
less inclined to collude than men when collusion harms a third party. No gender difference can be found in the absence of a … distance is small they hardly behave collusively when collusion harms a third party. …
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