We submit these comments to the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice in their review of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. The Agencies ask, in Question 8: “Should the Guidelines be revised to explain more fully than in the current §1.521 how market shares and market...

Gegenstand des Beitrages sind die Umstrukturierungen der Stromwirtschaft in Kalifornien. Im Gefolge der Entwicklungen auf der Bundesebene - dem Energy Policy Act von 1992 und der neueren Politik der Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - hat die kalifornische Regulierungskommission Maßnahmen...

Am 24. April 1996 veröffentlichte die Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) die endgültigen Regulierungsvorschriften nach den Bestimmungen des Energy Policy Act (EPAct) von 1992. Diese Vorschriften schaffen für den Wettbewerb im Großhandel mit Strom grundlegend neue Rahmenbedingungen....

Gegenstand des Beitrages sind die Umstrukturierungen der Stromwirtschaft in den Vereinigten Staaten. Im Gefolge von Gesetzesreformen auf der Bundesebene - dem Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act von 1978 und dem Energy Policy Act von 1992 - beginnt sich zunehmender Wettbewerb in der...

The US government has decidedly moved towards encouraging co-operation in research and development (R&D) between firms, universities, and other research institutes since the early 1980s. The Republican Administration in the early 1980s set the stage for a radical shift in market environment...

Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors’ behaviors, procuring organizations’ roles in increasing donations remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in which to examine this...

This paper develops a model to explain and analyze the evolution of network structure (connectivity) and design (flight frequency, aircraft size, prices) in the post-deregulation U.S. airline industry. We show that legacy carriers choice of Hub-and-Spoke networks and the emergence of low cost...

This article offers the following recommendations, focusing on #3 and 6:1. Specifics on how the Agencies will implement the principles set forth in the Guidelines. The Guidelines state throughout that the Agencies “may consider” certain factors; this language should be revised to say...

This comment is submitted to the U.S. Antitrust Agencies by the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at Scalia Law School, George Mason University on the Agencies' Proposed Update of the Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property. The GAI Competition Advocacy Program provides a...

We study the U.S. sugar manufacturing cartel that was created during the New Deal. This was a legal-cartel that lasted 40 years (1934-74). As a legal-cartel, the industry was assured widespread adherence to domestic and import sales quotas (given it had access to government enforcement powers)....