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Price Squeezes with Positive Margins in EU Competition Law : Economic and Legal Anatomy of a Zombie

Petit, Nicolas - 2014

call this the positive margin squeeze theory. After a quick overview of TeliaSonera and of its context (I), this paper … shows that the positive margin squeeze theory is flawed on economic grounds (II). To this end, it resorts to a simple … numerical example. Further, this paper explains that the positive margin squeeze theory is wrong on legal grounds, and that it …

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The Omega Man or The Isolation of U.S. Antitrust Law

Waller, Spencer Weber - 2018

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Antitrust Marathon V : When in Rome Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law

Marsden, Philip - 2014

The Antitrust Marathon is a long-running series of roundtable discussions sponsored by the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies of Loyola University Chicago School of Law and the Competition Law Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, focusing on enduring issues...

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Re-Pricing Through Disruption in Oligopolies with Tacit Collusion : A Framework for Abuse of Collective Dominance

Petit, Nicolas - 2020

This paper proposes an understanding of abuse of collective dominance or shared monopolization that does not outlaw oligopolistic tacit collusion as such, but that reputes abusive a set of tactics adopted by tacitly colluding oligopolists exposed to disruption. As much as deviation is an...

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The Smallest Salable Patent-Practicing Unit ('SSPPU') Experiment, General Purpose Technologies and the Coase Theorem

Petit, Nicolas - 2016

In the last years, some Standard-Setting Organizations (“SSOs”) active in wireless communications have experimented new pricing principles for standard essential patents (“SEPs”). One of those experiments is the “SSPPU” rule. Under SSPPU, the licensing rates paid to owners of SEPs...

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Discretion and Prioritisation in Public Antitrust Enforcement, in Particular EU Antitrust Enforcement

Wils, Wouter P. J. - 2013

This paper discusses discretion and prioritisation in public antitrust enforcement, in particular in the enforcement of EU antitrust law. First, the paper defines the notion of discretion and discusses the rationale of discretion. Second, it examines the enforcement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU...

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Recidivism in EU Antitrust Enforcement : A Legal and Economic Analysis

Wils, Wouter P. J. - 2013

Recidivism has in the last few years attracted much attention and controversy in the context of EU antitrust enforcement. The treatment of recidivism by the European Commission and the EU Courts has often been criticized, and the observed incidence of recidivism has led to some questioning of...

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Antitrust Compliance Programmes & Optimal Antitrust Enforcement

Wils, Wouter P. J. - 2019

Should companies that have antitrust compliance programmes be granted a reduction in the amount of fines or even immunity from fines when they are found to have committed antitrust infringements? Should the absence of a compliance programme constitute an aggravating factor leading to higher...

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The Principle of 'Ne Bis in Idem' in EC Antitrust Enforcement : A Legal and Economic Analysis

Wils, Wouter P. J. - 2013

This paper deals with the application of the principle of 'ne bis in idem' in EC antitrust enforcement. The principle of 'ne bis in idem', laid down in Article 4 of Protocol 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights and in Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,...

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The Use of Leniency in EU Cartel Enforcement : An Assessment after Twenty Years

Wils, Wouter P. J. - 2018

Since 1996, the European Commission has been operating a leniency programme, under which companies cooperating with its cartel investigations can obtain immunity from fines or a reduction of fines. Leniency plays a prominent role in EU cartel enforcement today. This paper assesses the positive...

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