normative assessment. R&D agreements have a much smaller effect on later competition in the product market if they serve as a … substitute for incomplete (legal) protection of innovation effort. They may help firms settle the resulting fairness issue, and …, through successful innovation, competitors might gain an advantage. This is the case if the opposite market side has …

ensure a level playing-field for innovative services in smart grids and consider implications for research and regulation. …

ensure a level playing-field for innovative services in smart grids and consider implications for research and regulation. …

Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His … it to the other side of the market and eliminating producer's surplus - that much needed antitrust action has been … ignored by this narrow criterion. This analysis indicates that antitrust action is long overdue after considering two …

Major changes in technology and in regulation led to the proliferation of and willingness to pay for new communication … services The changes in technology enabled the changes in regulation, both through the ability to increase supply and quality …, but because technological change opened the marketplace to new interest groups influencing regulators and regulation. At …

Regulation and competition policy are two alternative modalities by which the state intervenes in the market. In order … competition, its effect on innovation and on the formation of ‘trusts’. We present reasons why competition policy is better than … varieties of market failures and identify those for which regulation is best address (cooperation failures such as The Fishing …

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

This paper analyses the impact of common ownership on markups and innovation and adds to the discussion of the recently … of common ownership on innovation activity in high-tech industries and no effectin low-tech industries. Both findings are …

This paper analyses the impact of common ownership on markups and innovation and adds to the discussion of the recently … of common ownership on innovation activity in high-tech industries and no effectin low-tech industries. Both findings are …