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Denying Leniency to Cartel Instigators: Costs and Benefits

Chen, Zhiqi; Ghosh, Subhadip; Ross, Thomas W. - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 2015

A large number of countries have introduced successful leniency programs into their competition law enforcement to encourage colluding firms to come forward with evidence that will help detect cartels and punish price-fixers. This paper studies a feature of some of these programs that has...

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Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay: Is the internet driving competition or market monopolization?

Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2013

This paper discusses the general characteristics of online markets from a competition theory perspective and the implications for competition policy. Three important Internet markets are analyzed in more detail: search engines, online auction platforms, and social networks. Given the high level...

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The Quest for Appropriate Remedies in the Microsoft Antitrust EU Cases: A Comparative Appraisal

Economides, Nicholas; Lianos, Ioannis - NET Institute - 2009

substantive liability standards for dominant firms in US antitrust law and in EC Competition law. The competition law remedies …

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Hub-and-spoke cartels: Theory and evidence from the grocery industry

Clark, Robert; Horstmann, Ignatius J.; Houde, Jean-François - 2021

Numerous recently uncovered cartels operated along the supply chain, with firms at one end facilitating collusion at the other - hub-and-spoke arrangements. These cartels are hard to rationalize because they induce double marginalization and higher costs. We examine Canada's alleged bread cartel...

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Collusion in the US generic drug industry

Clark, Robert; Fabiilli, Christopher Anthony; Lasio, Laura - 2021

We study cartels that operated in the US generic drug industry, leveraging quarterly Medicaid data from 2011-2018 and a difference-in-differences approach comparing the evolution of prices of allegedly collusive drugs with a group of competitive control drugs. Our analysis highlights (i) the...

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Dynamic competition, exclusionary and exploitative abuses, and article 102 TFEU: Towards a concept of systemic market power?

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2024

In this paper, we comment on the debate about guidelines for Art. 102 TFEU in the face of the challenges brought by digital ecosystems and abuse of dominance in related markets. We take the perspective of dynamic competition economics and derive four recommendations for the future enforcement of...

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Law and economics of Microsoft vs. U.S. Department of Justice - New paradigm for antitrust in network markets or inefficient lock-in of antitrust policy?

Radke, Marc-Peter - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät … - 2001

-in position without any antitrust intervention. However, I argue in accordance with opponents of ARTHUR's work that path … interpretations of the U.S. antitrust law don't meet the requirements of fair competition rules in the 'New Economy'. If plaintiffs … and market participants, further antitrust lawsuits are going to follow since most markets in the 'New Economy' are …

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Assessing Horizontal Mergers under Uncertain Efficiency Gains

Choné, Philippe; Linnemer, Laurent - CESifo - 2006

examines the role of uncertainty (on the efficiency gains) in this tradeoff. Common wisdom is that the antitrust authorities …

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JURISPRUDENCIA SOBRE PRECIOS PREDATORIOS EN CHILE: ¿HAN SIDO UNIFORMES LOS CRITERIOS APLICADOS

M, JORGE TARZIJÁN; HEVIA, JOSE - In: Abante 8 (2005) 2, pp. 59-85

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Law and Economics of Microsoft vs. U.S. Department of Justice - New Paradigm for Antitrust in Network Markets or Inefficient Lock-In of Antitrust Policy?

Radke, Marc-Peter - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, … - 2001

-in position without any antitrust intervention. However, I argue in accordance with opponents of ARTHUR’s work that path … interpretations of the U.S. antitrust law don’t meet the requirements of fair competition rules in the ‘New Economy’. If plaintiffs … and market participants, further antitrust lawsuits are going to follow since most markets in the ‘New Economy’ are …

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