Did Microsoft artificial entry barriers (through its bundling and contractual practices) to remove a competitive threat to its Windows operating system or were Microsoft's actions explained by economic efficiency justifications? The paper presents an economic framework for examining this...

On November 6, 2001, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Microsoft Corporation reached an agreement on the terms of a proposed settlement. The proposed decree brought to a conclusion the most closely followed antitrust case in history. This paper examines whether the antitrust remedy embodied...

This paper discusses the economic issues involved in the government's case against Microsoft. In particular, we examine the competitive effects of Microsoft's contractual restrictions, including the bundling of its Internet browser with the Windows 98 operating system in agreements with computer...

This paper analyses the nature of knowledge spillovers from research and development (R&D) in the field of liquid crystal display technology by estimating the impact of inventors' changing organizational and collaborative affiliations on the probability of citations in US patents filed between...

Publisher description: The author examines the United States and European Union's use of anti-dumping laws to demonstrate that discriminatory treatment persists even a decade after the end of the Cold War. She argues that lingering Cold War beliefs about the trade threat posed by Communist...