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. Special emphasis is given to the game-theoretic approach to predation and to the reasons why this approach has never gained … of antitrust courts, in particular their preference for easy-to-apply rules. Therefore predation cases are still governed … almost always irrational - and a Harvard-style attention for the operational side of antitrust enforcement …
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This paper provides an economic analysis of recent vertical and horizontal mergers in the U.S. industry for audiovisual media content, including the AT&T-Time Warner and the Disney-Fox mergers. Using a theory-driven approach, we examine economic effects of these types of mergers on market...
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Intellectual property rights and competition policy are intimately related. In this paper I survey the economic literature analyzing the interaction between intellectual property law and competition law and how the boundary between these two policies is drawn in practice. Recognizing that...
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In this empirical study all mergers that have been challenged by the U.S. antitrust agencies FTC and DOJ between 1995 and 2008 were analyzed in regard to the question to what extent and how the agencies assessed the innovation effects of mergers. Theoretical background is the still open question...
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compelling form of competition. Merger enforcement should be sensitive to (1) preserving opportunities for such paradigm shifts …
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in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Through a model of enforcement, we find that agencies challenge mergers they expect …. Our findings inform the debate over whether antitrust enforcement has been lax …
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European and American enforcement regimes that make very it difficult for the US antitrust enforcement agencies to emulate … that affect antitrust enforcement against tech giants going forward …
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For several years, an increasing number of commentators have been expressing concern that the U.S. has a growing market power problem. Further that dysfunction in the U.S. antitrust institutions, and their failure to protect competition, has damaged the economy. These concerns have led to...
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, and the enforcement agencies to stop these American success stories by revising antitrust doctrine to protect small …
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In this empirical study all mergers that have been challenged by the U.S. antitrust agencies FTC and DOJ between 1995 and 2008 were analyzed in regard to the question to what extent and how the agencies assessed the innovation effects of mergers. Theoretical background is the still open question...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972734