Antitrust emerged in the 1950s and became dominant in the US. We show the extent to which economic objectives and theoretical … views shaped antitrust laws in their inception. After establishing the minor influence of economics in the promulgation of … US competition laws, we then highlight US economists' very cautious views about antitrust until the Second New Deal. We …

entre la vieille loi des patents et la toute nouvelle législation antitrust. Les différentes expériences dans l …

From the perspective of antitrust authorities, the multiplication of patents embodied in technology standards is a … that have fueled antitrust debates and economic research during the last decade. On the one hand, patent owners may be … conditions, patent pools should be accepted by antitrust authorities. On the other hand, patent owners may be tempted to …

We consider a model where the central bank faces a credibility problem in its announcements, but also cares about its … credibility and, therefore, wants to make truthful announcements. We show that, although the central bank would be able to …

In 1940 Schumpeter wrote a paper entitled: "The Meaning of Rationality in the Social Sciences", which was intended to …, that he took the initiative to start. In this paper Schumpeter develops thoroughly his own conception of rationality in … indeed interestingly anticipates some important debates concerning the problem of rationality and behavior in economics and …