Over 90 percent of antitrust litigation in the United States is filed by private plaintiffs, sometimes as class actions, and always seeking treble damages. As Judge Douglas Ginsburg and Leah Brannon have observed in these pages, such cases have been the source of most of the fodder that the...

A colloquy of articles on the European Court of First Instance (CFI) judgment in <i>Microsoft Corporation v. European Commission</i> (EC <i>Microsoft</i>) begins the Spring 2008 issue of <i>Competition Policy International</i>.

The antitrust laws of the United States have, from their inception, allowed firms to acquire significant market power, to charge prices that reflect that market power, and to enjoy supra-competitive returns. This article shows that this policy, which was established by the U.S. Congress and...

CPI's Spring 2010 issue takes a comprehensive look at behavioral economics and its implications, if any, for the practice of competition policy. David S. Evans, University of Chicago & University College London

Antitrust analysis ought to account for special features of ITâ€â€just like it ought to account for special features of any industry under consideration. But there’s no particular reason to focus additional antitrust resources on this sector.

This GCP collection features the research and insights of several economists and practitioners on the economics of tying law.

This article explores what sorts of economic and statistical evidence help establish that a claim is plausible and what do not.

According to Evans testimony, Justice Stevens was quite careful in saying nothing whatsoever in his decision in <i>Independent Ink</i> that repudiates his decision in <i>Jefferson Parish</i>.

This note summarizes the consensus that is emerging and describes the sorts of analyses that will prove critical in seeking or opposing the certification of a particular class.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine uncertainty in the social discount rate and explore the conditions favouring the application of higher present value welfare weights in the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of very long-term social projects. The plausibility, or otherwise, of these...