Journal•ISSN: 2168-1155
Antitrust Chronicle
Competition Policy International
About: Antitrust Chronicle is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Competition (economics) & Competition law. It has an ISSN identifier of 2168-1155. Over the lifetime, 299 publications have been published receiving 767 citations.
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TL;DR: The vagueness of Section 5 creates a specter of law enforcement activity driven largely by the unpredictable whim of whatever majority of Commissioners happens to exist at any particular time.
Abstract: The vagueness of Section 5 also creates a specter of law enforcement activity driven largely by the unpredictable whim of whatever majority of Commissioners happens to exist at any particular time. A. Douglas Melamed (Intel Corp.)
50 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors frame the competition policy baseline for assessing whether a new arrangement such as Google Book Settlement is pro-competitive, which is the right way to assess whether the new arrangement is procompetitive.
Abstract: What is the right way to frame the competition policy baseline for assessing whether a new arrangement such as Google Book Settlement is pro-competitive?
25 citations
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TL;DR: Even though in such cases most economists would place more weight on methods of assessing the competitive impact of mergers that do not rely on market definition, courts generally view market definition as an essential component of the case.
Abstract: Even though in such cases most economists would place more weight on methods of assessing the competitive impact of mergers that do not rely on market definition, courts generally view market definition as an essential component of the case.
24 citations
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TL;DR: The authors reviewed the basic economics of the crisis and concluded that the government's systemic bank rescue package is not unduly competition-threatening, whereas the waiver of merger policy for the Lloyds TSB acquisition of HBOS was probably a policy mistake.
Abstract: This note reviews some of the basic economics of the crisis before concluding that OctoberA¢â‚¬â„¢s systemic bank rescue package is not unduly competition-threatening, whereas the waiver of merger policy for the Lloyds TSB acquisition of HBOS was probably a policy mistake.
19 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed that this measure ("UPP") be used as an indicator of the merger's likely unilateral effects, and used it as a predictor of the likely effect of a merger.
Abstract: We propose that this measure ("UPP") be used as an indicator of the mergerA¢â‚¬â„¢s likely unilateral effects. Joseph Farrell (FTC) & Carl Shapiro (DOJ).
18 citations