Issues

Merger Policy with Merger Choice

This paper shows how an antitrust authority can best respond to certain firm merger proposals.

Price Theory of Multi-Sided Platforms, A

This paper looks at how competition and prices work for products that serve more than one type of customer.

Patent Pools and Cross-Licensing in the Shadow of Patent Litigation

Usually, firms are uncertain whether patents are valid or invalid, and how the patents will be interpreted. This uncertainty affects firms’ willingness to license patents or form patent pools. Patent pools shelter invalid patents from challenges.

When is Static Analysis a Proxy for Dynamic Considerations? Reconsidering Antitrust and Innovation

This paper considers how different types of markets affect analyses of antitrust policies.

Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US

This book contains seven articles discussing the move from anticompetitive regulation to antitrust law in the US and EU.

Recent Developments in Industrial Organization: A Selective Review

This paper summarizes economic theories of the ways firms organize themselves within markets.

Law and Economics of Predatory Pricing, The

This chapter analyzes the history and economic feasibility of predatory pricing and how it should be dealt with.

Microsoft Case as a Political Trial, The

This paper examines interest group pressure and ideology in the antitrust suit against Microsoft.

An Antitrust Assessment of the Google Book Search Settlement

This paper looks at competition issues in the settlement of publishers’ and authors’ copyright suit against Google.

Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace

This paper looks at policy issues relating to the settlement of a copyright suit against Google Book Search.