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July 23, 2008, 1:17 pm, 324173
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The agenda for the very important Roundtable on 'FTC at 100: Into Our Second Century', which will be held on July 29-30, 2008 is now available. These panels look great and the panelists are all...
July 23, 2008, 10:48 am, 324086
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Joseph A. Clougherty, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) and Tomaso Duso, Humboldt University of Berlin - School of Business and Economics, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) discuss The Impact of Horizontal Mergers on Rivals: Gains to Being...
July 23, 2008, 6:05 am, 323949
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Carlos Pascual Pons (Comisión Nacional de la Competencia) provides an overview of The New Spanish Competition System. ABSTRACT: The new Spanish Competition Act, which was unanimously approved by the Spanish Parliament and came into force...
July 23, 2008, 7:09 am, 323948
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol In something that should come as no surprise to readers of this blog, today's Wall Street Journal reports on problems with the implementation of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law.
July 22, 2008, 1:45 pm, 323535
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Giacomo Calzolari, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Carlo Scarpa, University of Brescia have a new working paper on Footloose Monopolies: Regulating a "National Champion". ABSTRACT: We analyze the design of optimal regulation...
July 22, 2008, 9:28 am, 323274
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Bill Page of the University of Florida Levin College of Law recently posted Facilitating Practices and Concerted Action Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. ABSTRACT: Successful collusion requires that rivals reach consensus on the...
July 22, 2008, 6:10 am, 323226
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jan K. Brueckner, University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics has a new paper on one of my pet issues, Slot-Based Approaches to Airport Congestion Management. ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes slot-based approaches to management...
July 21, 2008, 3:26 pm, 322892
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol According to its press release, "The [Canadian] Competition Bureau today published Enforcement Guidelines on Predatory Pricing. These guidelines describe the Bureau's enforcement approach to predatory pricing and will help ensure that Canadian businesses and the...
July 21, 2008, 11:06 am, 322725
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Herb Hovenkamp of the University of Iowa Law School has written on The Antitrust Standard for Unlawful Exclusionary Conduct. ABSTRACT: This essay considers the general definition of unlawful exclusionary practices under Section 2 of the...
July 21, 2008, 9:19 am, 322645
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marcelo Villena, University of Adolfo Ibanez - Economics, Rodrigo Harrison, Catholic University of Chile - Economics and Mauricio Villena, University of Adolfo Ibanez - Business School have posted a paper on the Impact of the...