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Is Antitrust Still Antitrust? Trends in Competition Policy and Antitrust Enforcement

Economic Policy
This article identifies major trends in the development of competition and antitrust policy over the past ten years and relates them to standard antitrust objectives. The study concentrates on competition policy with emphasis on how antitrust measures operate as one component in it. The hypothesis that there is regulatory bias in contemporary antitrust
K. A. Ionkina, A. N. Morozov
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The impact of private equity acquisition of US hospitals on patient outcomes: A systematic review

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Private equity (PE) firms are increasingly acquiring US hospitals. While PE ownership may infuse capital and managerial expertise, restructuring by organizations with limited patient‐care experience raises safety concerns. The effect of PE ownership on hospital outcomes remains poorly defined.
Angad S. Sidhu, Nikola S. Vuckovic, Salil Gupta, Christopher M. Garcia, Manav B. Patel, Cristiane M. Ueno   +5 more
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Are Start‐Up Acquisitions by Dominant Firms Driving Innovation or Killing Competition?

Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops a sequential model to examine start‐up acquisitions in markets with network externalities, incorporating a pre‐entry strategic buyout option that allows the incumbent to integrate the start‐up's innovation, followed by post‐entry expenditure on coordination advertising, and defensive pricing strategies.
Adele Whelan, Kate Hynes
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Problem with Antitrust Law or Antitrust Enforcement? [PDF]

Journal of Law and Political Economy
There is an emerging belief that antitrust has failed marginalized populations. For example, exclusionary practices have helped to produce banking and food deserts in low-income communities, though antitrust has seldom intervened. But is this a problem of antitrust law? In fact, another claim is that antitrust law is just fine as opposed to how federal
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Demand‐Driven Mergers: Advertising, Differentiation, and Welfare

Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We consider mergers that induce demand changes. We study the firms' incentives to submit a merger request and the competition authority's decision to approve the request. We show that merger‐induced demand changes help expand settings where the interests of firms and competition authority align, whereas contexts where their interests are ...
Felix Munoz‐Garcia, Kiriti Kanjilal, Ana Espinola‐Arredondo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Populism and Antitrust: The Illiberal Influence of Populist Government on the Competition Law System, Maciej Bernatt (Cambridge University Press 2022)

Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy, 2022
Book Review: Populism and Antitrust: The Illiberal Influence of Populist Government on the Competition Law System, Maciej Bernatt (Cambridge University Press 2022, ISBN: 9781108482837) 300 pp, £85,00.
Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman
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Tactical and Strategic Risks From Supply Disruptions in Competing Supply Chains

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Supply chain disruptions can lead to both tactical (i.e., loss of short‐term sales during a disruption) and strategic (i.e., loss of long‐term market share) consequences. We model the impact of a supply disruption on competing supply chains in which two firms compete for a limited backup supply.
Akhil Singla, Wallace J. Hopp, Seyed M. R. Iravani, Zigeng Liu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

2018 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments /

, 2021
For over 40 years, Antitrust Law Developments and its annual supplements have been recognized as the most authoritative and comprehensive set of research tools for antitrust practitioners.
Law, ABA Section of Antitrust.
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THE PENALTIES FOR MONOPOLY BEHAVIOR – CARTELS

Acta Economica, 2010
Determining penalties for cartels and cartel behaviour is one of thr most important things that antitrust authorites has been engaged in world wide. Just a number of executed processing and fines in the last few years is growing, which clearly confirms ...
Младен Ребић, Мр
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Partisan preferences for antitrust policy

Political Science Research and Methods
Industrial concentration has increased in recent years with large companies consolidating their dominant positions. Concentrated markets are thought to benefit large firms as they earn elevated profits and gain political influence.
Ryan Brutger, Amy Pond
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