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Azar, José; Qiu, Yue; Sojourner, Aaron - 2022

In this paper, we study the effects of common ownership, the extent to which firms are linked via common owners, on employee earnings in U.S. local labor markets. Between 1999 and 2017, common ownership in local labor markets has more than doubled. Panel regressions show that employee earnings...

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Quantifying the scope for efficiency defense in merger control : the Werden-Froeb-Index

Goppelsroeder, Marie; Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; … - 2006

mergers. The index measures the weighted average reduction in marginal costs required to restore pre-merger equilibrium prices … such as the Hirschmann-Herfindahl Index in the assessment of horizontal mergers. …

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Imminent entry and the transition to multimarket rivalry in a laboratory setting

Mason, Charles F.; Phillips, Owen R. - 2016

In this paper we study the behavior of rivals when there is a known probability of imminent entry. Experimental markets are used to collect data on pre- and post-entry production when there is an announced time of possible entry; some markets experience entry and other do not. In all pre-entry...

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Optimal incentives for patent challenges in the pharmaceutical industry

Böhme, Enrico; Frank, Jonas Severin; Kerber, Wolfgang - 2017

influence the incentives for challenging patents, the question arises whether the antitrust assessment of patent settlements …

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Sind Wettbewerbe im Profisport Rattenrennen?

Budzinski, Oliver - 2017

Eine Reihe von Autoren - vor allem im deutschsprachigen - Raum begründet die Notwendigkeit regulatorischer Eingriffe in Profisportmärkte damit, dass der Wettbewerb auf diesen Märkten systematisch versage. Als wesentliche Ursache für Wettbewerbsprobleme innerhalb dieser Ligen oder...

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The growing problem of horizontal shareholding

Elhauge, Einer - 2017

concentrated markets should be investigated and subject to antitrust enforcement when they are shown to have anticompetitive …

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Wettbewerbsregeln für das digitale Zeitalter : die Ökonomik personalisierter Daten, Verbraucherschutz und die 9. GWB-Novelle

Budzinski, Oliver - 2017

Zusammenfassung: Die Digitalisierung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen stellt die Wettbewerbspolitik vor erhebliche Herausforderungen. Um diesen zu begegnen, soll das Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) mit Hilfe der 9. Novelle fit gemacht werden für das digitale Zeitalter. Der vorliegende...

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New evidence, proofs, and legal theories on horizontal shareholding

Elhauge, Einer - 2018

were the core target of antitrust law were horizontal shareholders. I further show that anticompetitive horizontal …

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How horizontal shareholding harms our economy : and why antitrust law can fix it

Elhauge, Einer - 2018

produced calls for antitrust enforcement. In response, others have critiqued the airline and banking studies and argued that … antitrust law cannot tackle any anticompetitive effects from horizontal shareholding. I show that new economic proofs and …, but also under Sherman Act §1. In fact, the historic trusts that were the core target of antitrust law were horizontal …

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Sports league expansion and economic efficiency : Monopoly can enhance consumer welfare

Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2003

This paper studies optimal sport league size. League expansion lowers average player quality, reducing fans utility in inframarginal locations, while fan utility in new locations rises. Welfare analyses of such expansions must compare these two effects. Using a model where fan demand depends on...

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