A nascent competitor is a firm whose prospective innovation represents a serious future threat to an incumbent. An incumbent's acquisition or exclusion of such firms presents a challenge for antitrust law, because while nascent competitors often pose a uniquely potent threat to an entrenched...

From the Publisher: In this valuable resource, more than thirty of the world's top economists offer innovative policy ideas and insightful commentary on our most pressing economic issues, such as global warming, the global economy, government spending, Social Security, tax reform, real estate,...

This book collects articles previously written for The Economists' Voice, a non-partisan online journal published by the Berkeley Electronic Press, and presents innovative policy ideas and insightful commentary on the issues of the day. It offers the perspectives of leading economists on...

In this unique resource, Nobel Prize winners, former presidential advisers, well-respected columnists, academics, and practitioners from across the political spectrum offer innovative policy ideas and insightful commentary on our most pressing economic issues. These essays take a hard look at...

This book of CASES AND MATERIALS ON INNOVATION AND COMPETITION POLICY is intended for educational use. The book is free for all to use subject to an open source license agreement. It considers numerous sources of competition policy in addition to antitrust, including those that emanate from the...

This book of CASES AND MATERIALS ON INNOVATION AND COMPETITION POLICY is intended for educational use. The book is free for all to use subject to an open source license agreement. It differs from IP/antitrust casebooks in that it considers numerous sources of competition policy in addition to...

On September 6, 2019, the Justice Department announced that it was investigating four automakers (Ford, Honda, BMW, and VW) to determine if they had violated the antitrust laws by agreeing with the state of California to adhere to higher standards for tailpipe emissions than those proposed by...

This casebook differs from other IP/antitrust casebooks in that it considers sources of competition policy other than antitrust, including those that emanate from the intellectual property laws themselves, and also related issues such as the relationship between market structure and innovation,...

This casebook differs from other IP/antitrust casebooks in that it considers sources of competition policy other than antitrust, including those that emanate from the intellectual property laws themselves, and also related issues such as the relationship between market structure and innovation,...

As in so many areas of law and politics in the United States, antitrust’s center is at bay. From the right it is besieged by those who would further limit its reach. From the left, it faces revisionists who propose significantly greater enforcement. What the two extremes share, however, is...