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This paper presents a comparative analysis of alternative competition policy and regulatory regimes that are proposed to safeguard competition in the digital economy. We review the causes of concentration in several digital markets, and differentiate the objectives of promoting competition in,...
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to be dominated by a few large firms. Antitrust enforcement authorities like the Department of Justice and the Federal …
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UK and US networks might not be functional to systemic collusion. …
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The purpose of the present paper is to contribute to the literature on country interlocks by illustrating and analysing the interlocking directorships in the Italian listed companies from 1998 to 2006. We find that over the entire period a high percentage of the Italian listed companies are...
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I present an overview of the antitrust literature on sports leagues, with particular emphasis on the National … the National Hockey League, as well as on sanctioning organizations such as NASCAR. I review the major antitrust court … decisions, the commentaries of the leading antitrust experts on these decisions, and the extensive sports economics literature …
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international – antitrust policy; however, the formal proof that a cartel really functioned economically and did not only exist in a …, focusing on legal proof of a cartel is fruitless unless collusion resulted in excess profits or excess revenues. This economic … in spring 2003, the German Antitrust Agency (GAA) fined the German cement industry – € 661 million for having established …
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international – antitrust policy; however, the formal proof that a cartel really functioned economically and did not only exist in a …, focusing on legal proof of a cartel is fruitless unless collusion resulted in excess profits or excess revenues. This economic … in spring 2003, the German Antitrust Agency (GAA) fined the German cement industry – € 661 million for having established …
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Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression and the guidance of firms across the full spectrum of anti-competitive practices and market conduct. The role of guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly...
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) achieve merely imperfect levels of collusion, (3) compete against some fringe firms, and (4) adjust to market entries and … group of firms competes against independent fringe rivals. The market is surveilled by an antitrust authority that has three … different policy instruments at its disposal: Ensuring free market access, obstructing collusion, and discouraging collusion …
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The relationship between the Antitrust Law and the Patent, Copyright and other Intellectual Property (IP) Laws has … perplexed antitrust scholars and practitioners for a long time. Intellectual property and antitrust regimes both seek to advance … sometimes rise to the level of monopolies - in order to encourage innovation and creativity, Antitrust Law is designed to foster …
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