power problem. Further that dysfunction in the U.S. antitrust institutions, and their failure to protect competition, has … a central tool of economic control. Its main purpose is not, however, to debate the condition of competition in the US … commitments and the capacity of responsible public institutions (competition agencies, new regulators and the courts) to produce …

Periods of profound innovation and technological change invariably result in short run winners and losers. The rise of … big box retailers like Wal-Mart, as well as the existence of large supermarket chains, has led competition authorities to … supermarket grocery retail sector. Some in competition policy circles in the United States and Europe claim that there is …

of competition in the digital marketplace. The comments focus on the third topic identified by the Committee:"Whether the … of effective delivery of proposals to expand competition policy in the US …

Given the link between innovation and economic growth, the stakes of “getting it right” in high-tech antitrust are high … competition policy as well as the large gaps of empirically-validated theory in the economic literature on competition and … innovation. The traditional problem of identifying and distinguishing pro-competitive from anticompetitive conduct faced by …

countries is long overdue: the treatment of public policies that suppress competition. Whereas the European Union (“EU”) and … to enact laws that restrain competition. Further, individual groups are largely free to lobby for laws designed to erect … available to both public and private enforcers of the U.S. antitrust laws to challenge state-imposed restraints on competition …

principles: that antitrust’s goal is to promote consumer welfare by ensuring output-enhancing market competition; that antitrust …

economic effects of these types of mergers on market competition, focusing on digital media content distribution. In doing so … concerning? (ii) Would vertical or horizontal integration be more preferable for overall welfare and competition in this industry … concentrated U.S. market for audiovisual content the process of further vertical integration creates concerns from a competition …

This paper examines how market competition affects the intensity and breadth of innovation. I assembled a unique … between price competition and innovation. When collusion suppressed price competition, colluding firms increased patent … technology classes increased by 30%. When competition was restored by collusion breakdown, the increased and broadened innovation …