In this paper, we analyze a recent antitrust case of abuse of dominance decided by a Chinese administrative enforcement agency under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). A key issue in this case involves the impact of loyalty rebate programs used by a dominant firm. We provide an overview of...

For more than 40 years, mainland China and Taiwan have contested the ultimate sovereignty of "greater China". More recently, Peking has offered Taiwan unification under the "one country, two systems" formula which Taipei has rejected. Using some standard tools of game-theoretical analysis with...

China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) sets forth the country's antitrust enforcement policies. We investigate what welfare standard the AML seeks to maximize by examining both its stated language and, via revealed preference, the antitrust actions taken by the Anti-Monopoly Enforcement Authority

Between 1978 and 2003 the Chinese economy experienced a remarkable 5.7 percent annual growth of GDP per labor. At the same time, there has been a noticeable transformation of the economy: the share of workers in agriculture decreased from over 70 percent to less than 50 percent. We distinguish...

Since the introduction of China's Anti-Monopoly Law in 2008, private litigation has been increasing in the areas of monopolistic agreements and abuses of dominance. In addition, China's Supreme People's Court recently issued its judicial interpretation concerning the application of the law in...