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The main objective of antitrust interventions is to assure competition in markets to benefit consumers. This paper … therefore concluded that antitrust cases have to take a more in-depth look at two-sided markets before deciding that competition …
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This paper examines the unique vulnerability of small, atomistic sellers – including small businesses, farmers, ranchers, fishermen, professionals, and athletes – to buyer power abuses. Because of sunk costs in carrying out a chosen business or profession, atomistic sellers are likely to be...
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In this paper we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The paper begins with a … ways that might affect the optimality of competition. The paper then focuses on the main areas in which antitrust has been …
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On 27 June 2017, the European Commission fined Google €2.42 billion for “abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service.” Allegedly, Google has algorithmically manipulated the search results of products in order to promote its own...
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There is a data paradox in competition enforcement. Data is an infinitely scalable, widely available, non-rivalrous and … asset unlikely to be conducive to competition issues. Yet, some observe that digital markets are increasingly dominated by … competition policy, this paradox must be unravelled. To this effect, this article examines the test devised by the Commission to …
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finding of a significant impediment to effective competition in terms of Article 2 of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR). Rather … of any theory of harm …
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This paper analyses how the endogenous detection of an upstream cartel by a down-stream buyer allows the detecting firm to raise rivals' cost. We model a market with a vertical structure, where a stable all-inclusive cartel is operating in the upstream market which provides an input to a...
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competition practices, the acquisition of a dominant position in the market through the accomplishment of these practices and the … discipline, which states that the markets in competition produce greater benefits to society than the markets with monopolistic … that the competition authorities must face 'particularly the Latin American authorities', and also the criticisms that have …
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