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

regulatory efficiency. Through some fairly straightforward conceptual exposition and an empirical analysis of the regulation of … intellectual property in the USA, we demonstrate the ease in which legal nuances can deviate well motivated copyright and antitrust … structure creates scope for the strategic manipulation of copyright and antitrust laws by various interest groups. It may also …

Recent rate increases by U.S. freight railroads have refocused attention on regulation, deregulation, and regulatory … subject to the jurisdiction of the antitrust statutes, with potential enforcement by the Antitrust Division and the FTC and …

, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focuses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New … specific view of NIE at industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, discusses three current issues — the European …

for higher probabilities of social harm. Patent and antitrust policies act as substitutes in our setting; additional room …

dynamics affect the outcome of antitrust enforcement in China. It has two major findings. First, bureaucratic politics have a … that antitrust enforcement in China is a highly pluralistic process involving officials from various central ministries and …

fines and damages for liability; or the choice of legal standards in antitrust law enforcement. The business practices are …

. Surprisingly enough only very few antitrust authorities (Bulgaria, Portugal, Peru) are allowed to finance their own budget in this …