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We evaluate the impact of European antitrust policy by analyzing the stock market response to investigation announcements, infringement decisions, and appeals. We examine a sample of 253 companies involved in 118 European antitrust cases over the period 1974-2004. We uncover significantly...
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The Supreme Court recently held that in reverse-payment settlements of drug patent disputes, anticompetitive effects can be inferred if the reverse payment exceeds the patent holder's anticipated litigation costs, absent some offsetting justification. Application of this standard is problematic...
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This paper considers the effects of raising the cost of entry for a potential competitor on infinite-horizon Markov-perfect duopoly dynamics with ongoing demand uncertainty. All entrants serving the model industry incur sunk costs, and exit avoids future fixed costs. We focus on the unique...
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approach, the available data do not support the theory that Intel’s behavior harmed consumers …
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This study shows that mergers’ price effects can vary seasonally. I document countercyclical price increases due to the Coors and Miller merger, which is consistent with models of coordinated pricing that predict lower equilibrium prices during high-demand states
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We use a new data set to examine the equity price impact of announced cartel investigations. Unlike prior research, we … estimate normal returns using the Fama-French (1993) three-factor model. We find that cartel investigation announcements have a … loss is notably less than the estimated present value of profits lost due to cartel termination, implying that cartel …
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prices leads to higher prices. Based on this theory of harm, it is argued that there should be a per se prohibition on …
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