Search Results - subject_exact:"Antitrust policy"

Exclusionary contracts and incentives to innovate

Ulsaker, Simen Aardal - 2026

This paper develops a game-theoretic model to study how exclusionary contracts affect firms' incentives to invest in innovation. Several symmetric sellers compete to supply an identical product to a set of buyers, and each seller can invest in R&D to develop a higher-quality version of the...

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The price of knowledge diffusion : technology licensing and market power

Korpela, Ville; Mäkynen, Eero; Takalo, Tuomas - 2026

Business dynamism has been slowing globally over the last several decades. In a recent study, Akcigit and Ates (2023) examine the relative importance of different channels behind this development and highlight weakened knowledge diffusion from the technology frontier to followers as a dominant...

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The evolution of economies, technologies, and other institutions : exploring W. Brian Arthur's insights

Schrepel, Thibault - 2024

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The price of knowledge diffusion: Technology licensing and market power

Korpela, Ville; Mäkynen, Eero; Takalo, Tuomas - 2026

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The wealth effects of the abuse of dominance enforcement

Ocepek, France - 2026

The article investigates the welfare impacts of abuse of dominance enforcement proxied by the stock price evaluations. The European Commission reformed the competition policy at the turn of the new century; however, the reform efforts were more reserved and cautious regarding Article 102 TFEU...

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Disbanding the Federal Communications Commission?

Jamison, Mark A. - 2026

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Disbanding the federal communications commission

Jamison, Mark A. - 2026

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Predation, mergers, and antitrust

Sen, Arijit - 2026

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Out of market, out of mind

Kaplow, Louis - 2026

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OECD Peer Reviews of Competition Law and Policy: Kenya

2026

Peer reviews of competition law and policy are a valuable tool to reform and strengthen a country's competition framework. This peer review of Kenya presents the evolution of its competition regime over the last few years and assesses the effectiveness of its current competition law and policy....

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Defining geographic markets through choice sets : an empirical method applied to real estate brokerage

Lindhe, Adam; Orrenius, Johan - 2026

We introduce a choice-set approach to defining markets and a novel method to empirically recover geographic markets using machine learning, Spatial and Categorical Bayesian Clustering (SCBC). SCBC leverages the identity of the seller for each observation to capture market structures in a novel...

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Therapeutic substitutability under scrutiny : defining relevant markets in EU pharmaceutical law

Kaushik, Kanika - 2026

Market definition is fundamental to EU competition law. It serves as a preliminary step in assessing dominance, anti-competitive conduct, and merger control. With respect to the pharmaceutical sector, traditional approaches to defining the relevant market face specific hurdles. Therapeutic...

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Algorithmic "collusion" and the application of article 101 TFEU : can an agreement exists without a concurrence of wills?

Oliveira e Costa, Guilherme - 2026

Algorithms pose interesting challenges to competition law, particularly discussing which practices involving this fast-paced technologies may or should be caught under Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU"). As AI-driven pricing algorithms become increasingly...

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Conglomerate mergers in digital ecosystems : EU merger control beyond foreclosure

Zoboli, Laura - 2026

Over the past two decades, large technology firms have evolved into complex digital ecosystems operating across multiple, interconnected markets. This transformation has been driven not only by internal innovation, but also by extensive merger and acquisition activity, much of which has taken...

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The consumer welfare standard and the protect competition standard : a comparison and assessment

Glick, Mark A.; Lozada, Gabriel A.; Bush, Darren - 2026

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Global production networks and imperfect competition

Huang, Hanwei; Manova, Kalina; Perelló, Oscar; Pisch, Frank - 2026

How do global production networks and market structure interact to shape the welfare effects of trade and competition policy? We develop a model with two-sided firm heterogeneity, matching frictions, and imperfect supplier competition. More productive buyers match with more suppliers, inducing...

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Product market competition, labor mobility, and firm-sponsored training : new implications of market power

Ghosh, Arghya; Morita, Hodaka; Sato, Susumu - 2026

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Groß gegen Klein? : der Industriestrompreis als Risiko für Effizienz und Wettbewerb

Krug, Joscha; Graevenitz, Kathrine von; Rottner, Elisa - 2026

Aufgrund stark gestiegener Stromkosten möchte die deutsche Bundesregierung ab 2026 mit dem Industriestrompreis energieintensive Branchen entlasten, indem bis zu 50 Prozent ihres Verbrauchs auf 50 Prozent des Großhandelspreises (min. 50 €/ MWh) gedeckelt werden. Dieser reiht sich in eine...

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Competition and consumer policy in digital markets

2026

Digital markets have profoundly transformed the way consumers interact with businesses, offering new opportunities for innovative goods and services, greater choice, and enhanced convenience. These evolving dynamics create new challenges for both competition and consumer protection authorities,...

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Does competition stimulate R&D investment? : insights from antitrust law

Athira, A; Ramesh, Vishnu K. - 2026

This study examines the impact of changes in market equilibrium, from collusion to competition, on firms' R&D investments by leveraging the staggered enactment of antitrust legislation in 32 countries, which effectively addresses endogeneity concerns in the innovation literature. We argue and...

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Information sharing in competition policy

2026

Competition rules governing information sharing must balance two primary risks: permissive rules may facilitate tacit collusion or explicit cartel conduct, while overly restrictive frameworks can chill legitimate collaboration and create market inefficiencies. This paper reviews how different...

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National security considerations in competition enforcement

2026

National security considerations are becoming increasingly prominent in economic policymaking, reflecting geopolitical developments, technological change and growing attention to economic security, resilience and technological capability. As these considerations extend beyond traditional...

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Tacit algorithmic collusion : a replication of Calvano et al. (American Economic Review, 2020)

Schildknecht, Jacob - 2026

The adoption of pricing algorithms in markets has raised concerns about their potential to collude, even without explicit programming or communication. This paper reproduces and validates a study by Calvano et al. (2020), demonstrating that reinforcement learning-based pricing algorithms can...

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Ex-post evaluation of Edeka's acquisition of Kaiser's Tengelmann

Haucap, Justus; Delfs, Tobias; Fritz, Daniel; … - 2026

This paper provides an ex-post evaluation of Edeka's acquisition of Kaiser's Tengelmann, one of the most prominent merger cases in German grocery retailing. The transaction is particularly relevant from a competition-policy perspective because it was initially prohibited by the German Federal...

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An empirical inquiry into cartel overcharges and cartel fines including an assessment of the EU's guidelines on cartel fines and damages

Haucap, Justus; Karaçuka, Mehmet; Inke, Hakan - 2026

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An empirical inquiry into cartel overcharges and cartel fines including an assessment of the EU's guidelines on cartel fines and damages

Haucap, Justus; Karaçuka, Mehmet; Inke, Hakan - 2025

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An empirical inquiry into cartel overcharges and cartel fines including an assessment of the EU's guidelines on cartel fines and damages

Haucap, Justus; Karaçuka, Mehmet; Inke, Hakan - 2025

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Mergers, innovation, and merger policy

Haucap, Justus; Stiebale, Joel - 2026

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The core value of public policy should be equality

Glick, Mark A.; Lozada, Gabriel A.; Bush, Darren - 2026

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Examining the recidivism-productivity growth nexus : evidence from anti-cartel enforcement in the US

Fotis, Panagiotis; Polemis, Michael - 2026

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Causal evidence of antitrust damages in the car manufacturers' cartel in Spain

Jiménez, Juan Luis; García-Galindo, Carmen; Ordóñez … - 2026

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Competition policy meets environmental regulation : a case for "green" antitrust

Cabon-Dhersin, Marie-Laure; Poyago-Theotoky, Joanna; … - 2026

We explore the interplay of competition and environmental policies to address the question of whether green antitrust has beneficial effects in terms of both environmental and consumer welfare performance. We focus on two environmental policy tools, an emission tax and an emission standard, and...

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Report on competition policy 2025 : including Commission staff working document

2026

The Annual Report on Competition Policy explains how the Commission implements competition policy and how it contributes to the European economy and to improving the welfare of EU citizens. The Report is a non-exhaustive overview of the most important policy and legislative initiatives, and of...

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The Facebook-Giphy merger

Spiegel, Yossi - 2026

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Feeding the goose? : the DMA and the economics of digital advertising

Hey, Florian - 2026

The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) introduces significant transparency obligations regarding price and performance measurement for digital gatekeepers. This paper provides a theoretical economic analysis of these provisions, evaluating them against the ongoing debate on whether...

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Beyond horizontal harm : digital ecosystems, innovation, and the future of European merger control

Breide, Lukas; Budzinski, Oliver; Mendelsohn, Juliane; … - 2026

This paper develops four proposals to modernize merger control in the European Union and beyond. First, merger control should be reinforced and reinvigorated to prevent the further rising of market power and to stop the ongoing decline of competition intensity. Second, the analysis highlights...

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Neither privacy nor competition? : the economics of "freely given consent" in Article 5(2) DMA

Färber, Nina Lena; Hey, Florian - 2026

Article 5(2) of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) prohibits gatekeepers from combining personal data across core platform services unless end users consent within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This paper argues that importing the GDPR's consent standard into a...

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Digital infrastructure as a driver of inclusive growth

Grzybowski, Lukasz - 2026

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Enhancing merger control to support economic growth in South Africa

Boshoff, Willem H. - 2026

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AI consumer protection and the robot lawyer : policy optionality in the FTC's DoNotPay case

Weinstein, Stuart - 2026

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Regulating digital platforms : a comparative analysis of Kenya and South Africa

Padayachie, Karissa Moothoo; Das Nair, Reena - 2026

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Industrial-policy objectives in South African competition policy

Boshoff, Willem H. - 2026

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Market power dynamics and the competitive landscape in South African digital markets

Tetani, Siphosethu; Lesofe, Itumeleng - 2026

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Market power and wages: evidence from Brazil

Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti Gonçalves - 2025

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Market power and wages : evidence from Brazil

Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti Gonçalves - 2025

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Naked exclusion under exclusive-offer competition

Kitamura, Hiroshi; Matsushima, Noriaki; Sato, Misato; … - 2025

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An empirical assessment of the nexus between competition policy and global value chains

Ezzat, Asmaa Mohamed; Zaki, Chahir - 2025

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An empirical assessment of the nexus between competition policy and Global Value Chains

Ezzat, Asmaa Mohamed; Zaki, Chahir - 2025

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Price discrimination in merger review in South Africa : implications of recent case precedent

Leuner, Rahma - 2025

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Antitrust laws, market competition and corporate green innovation

Ma, Baowei; Li, Huiwen - 2025

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Market power, optimal scale and competition promotion in banking : analysis in the GCC region

Alfaihani, Sara; Badunenko, Oleg; Jaffry, Shabbar - 2025

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How the design of cartel fines affects prices : evidence from the lab

Engilbertsson, Sindri; Onderstal, Sander; Treuren, Leonard - 2025

Competition authorities impose substantial penalties on firms engaging in illegal pricefixing. We examine how basing cartel fines on either revenue, profit, or price overcharge influences cartel and market prices, as well as cartel incidence and stability. In an infinitely repeated Bertrand...

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Attractive target for tax avoidance : trade liberalization and entry mode

Okoshi, Hirofumi - 2025

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The determinants of cartel duration in Brazil

Silveira, Paulo Burnier da - 2025

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Competition law and regulations : productivity impacts in Latin American manufacturing firms

Wong, Sara A.; Petreski, Marjan - 2025

This paper investigates the effects of competition laws and regulations on manufacturing firms productivity in Latin American countries (LACs), addressing a gap in existing research. Leveraging firm-level panel data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys across 14 LAC economies and competition...

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