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• OECD Recommendation on Competition Assessment

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The PECD has published its Recommendation on Competition Assessment.

• Private Antitrust Enforcement in the Presence of Pre-Trial Bargaining

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Sylvain Bourjade, University of Toulouse - Econ; Patrick Rey, University of Toulouse - Econ, and Paul Seabright, University of Toulouse - Industrial Economic Institute explain Private Antitrust Enforcement in the…

• Monopolization via Voluntary Network Effects

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Adi Ayal, Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law analyzes Monopolization via Voluntary Network Effects. ABSTRACT: Firms strategically investing in creating (or strengthening) network effects, are engaged in actively shifting market…

• Resale Price Maintenance in EC Competition Law: The Need for a Standardised Approach

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Frederik van Doorn, Utrecht University - School of Law explains Resale Price Maintenance in EC Competition Law: The Need for a Standardised Approach. ABSTRACT: The paper addresses the paradox that,…

• Monopoly Pricing of an Antibiotic Subject to Bacterial Resistance

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Markus Herrmann (Department of Economics, CRÉA, GREEN and CIRPÉE, Université Laval) writes on Monopoly Pricing of an Antibiotic Subject to Bacterial Resistance. ABSTRACT: We develop a dynamic bio-economic model of…

• Staying, dropping, or switching : the impacts of bank mergers on small firms

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Hans Degryse (Tilburg University - Econ), Nancy Masschelein (National Bank of Belgium, Financial Department), and Janet Mitchell (National Bank of Belgium, Financial Department) address Staying, dropping, or switching : the…

• Competition between TV Platforms

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Laia Domènech Campmajó (PPRE-IREA, University of Barcelona, Econ) writes on Competition between TV Platforms. ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to identify the factors that affect the market penetration…

• A Dynamic Game of Airline Network Competition: Hub-and-Spoke Networks and Entry Deterrence

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Victor Aguirregabiria (Toronto - Econ) and Chun-Yu Ho (Georgia Tech - Econ) address A Dynamic Game of Airline Network Competition: Hub-and-Spoke Networks and Entry Deterrence. ABSTRACT: In a hub-and-spoke network,…

• 'We are here in a very melancholy Situation': Financial crisis and competition policy

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter Freeman (Competition Commission) spoke to the David Hume Institute on 'We are here in a very melancholy Situation': Financial crisis and competition policy.

• A Question for Our Readers

  Posted by D. Daniel Sokol We read a Winnie the Pooh story to our girls tonight before bed. I have often wondered why Winnie the Pooh lives in the house of Mr. Sanders (because it…