All Article Summaries
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The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines After 10 Years
The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines outline the main analytical methods used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in analyzing mergers and acquisitions involving competitors.
A Simple Approach to Setting Reasonable Royalties for Standard-Essential Patents
This article suggests binding arbitration as a way to resolve disputes arising within standard-setting organizations.
Competition and Innovation: Did Arrow Hit the Bull’s Eye?
This chapter discusses the relationship between competition policy and the rate of innovation by firms.
Microsoft: A Remedial Failure
This article assesses the outcome of the antitrust suit against Microsoft.
Antitrust
This paper provides an overview of competition economics and law today in the United States.
Antitrust Policy: A Century of Economic and Legal Thinking
This paper describes the history of competition policy in the United States.
Information Rules
This books surveys economic and business issues raised by networks such as the Internet.