Recent Articles

Competition Law and Transnational Private Regulatory Regimes: Marking the Cartel Boundary

April 07, 2011 13:00

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Imelda Maher, University College Dublin (UCD) - School of Law has published Competition Law and Transnational Private Regulatory Regimes: Marking the Cartel Boundary. ABSTRACT:Cartels today are prohibited under competition regimes around the world, although seen...

THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF SEARCH ENGINES AND ONLINE ADVERTISING

April 07, 2011 12:36

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF SEARCH ENGINES AND ONLINE ADVERTISING GEORGE MASON LAW & ECONOMICS CENTER Thursday, June 16, 2011 George Mason University School of Law Arlington, VA The Henry G. Manne Program in Law...

Loyalty discounts

April 07, 2011 07:00

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ioana Chioveanu (Universidad de Alicante) and Ugur Akgun (Charles Rivers Associates) discuss Loyalty discounts. ABSTRACT: This paper considers the use of loyalty inducing discounts in vertical supply chains. An upstream manufacturer and a competitive fringe...

Multiproduct firms and price-setting: theory and evidence from U.S. producer prices

April 06, 2011 18:30

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Saroj Bhattarai (Penn State Econ) and Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis Econ) describe Multiproduct firms and price-setting: theory and evidence from U.S. producer prices. ABSTRACT: In this paper, we establish three new facts about price-setting by multiproduct...

Can Vertical Separation Reduce Non-Price Discrimination and Increase Welfare?

April 06, 2011 15:45

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Duarte Brito (Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CEFAGE-UE), Pedro Pereira (Autoridade da Concorrência and IST), and João Vareda (Autoridade da Concorrência and CEFAGE-UE) ask Can Vertical Separation Reduce Non-Price Discrimination and Increase Welfare? ABSTRACT: We...

Noisy Signaling Monopoly

April 06, 2011 13:00

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Leonard J. Mirman, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Marc Santugini, HEC Montreal, Institute of Applied Economics discuss Noisy Signaling Monopoly. ABSTRACT: We provide a closed-form solution of the monopoly problem when the...

ABA Section of Antitrust Law | Antitrust in the Americas June 16 – 17, 2011

April 06, 2011 12:00

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol ABA Section of Antitrust Law | Antitrust in the Americas Date: June 16 – 17, 2011 Location: JW Marriott Hotel Rio de Janeiro Avenida Atlantica 2600 Copacabana Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22041-001 BRA Presented by:...

Effects of Entry Deterrent Strategies on Size Distribution of Firms in the Indian Manufacturing

April 06, 2011 07:00

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hariprasad C.G., Competition Commission of India has posted Effects of Entry Deterrent Strategies on Size Distribution of Firms in the Indian Manufacturing. ABSTRACT: The paper intends to study the relationship between firm size and growth,...

Antitrust Merger Efficiencies in the Shadow of the Law

April 05, 2011 19:25

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Daniel Sokol (University of Florida Law - also better known as "me", "Danny", or "that tall and lanky guy who talks fast") and Jim Fishkin (Dechert) have a new piece and I think interesting article...

Partnering with Competitors - Effects of Alliances on Airline Entry and Capacity Decisions

April 05, 2011 18:30

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jun Li, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Serguei Netessine, INSEAD explain Partnering with Competitors - Effects of Alliances on Airline Entry and Capacity Decisions. ABSTRACT: The formation of an airline alliance is...