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Limits to the private enforcement of antitrust law [PDF]

Following Regulation No. 1/2003 EC which permits the substitution of decentralised and private enforcement for centralised and public enforcement of Articles 81 and 82 EC, the European Commission in December 2005 presented a Green Paper on "damages ...
Thomas Eger, Peter Weise
core  

The Chains That Bind? Restrictive Covenants and Labor Market Entrants' Perceived Occupational Mobility

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a conjoint experiment on highly educated labor market entrants in the Philippines, we examine how restrictive covenants shape perceived occupational mobility. Respondents compared hypothetical jobseeker profiles with randomized non‐compete, training repayment, and non‐solicitation clauses, then chose the likely applicant to four mobility
Vincent Jerald Ramos, Benjamin Radoc
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Worker Heterogeneity and the Effect of Noncompetes on Firm Performance

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using staggered state‐level changes in noncompete enforceability, we document that reduced enforcement increases profitability, valuation, productivity, and plant‐level growth in knowledge‐worker‐intensive firms relative to other firms. Critically, these gains are concentrated among the most productive knowledge‐worker firms, consistent with ...
Zhaozhao He, Modupe Babajide Wintoki
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Aggregate Market Power: Measurement, Drivers, and Macroeconomic Effects

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This survey reviews the macroeconomic literature on market power, focusing on its measurement, determinants, and macroeconomic effects. It synthesizes evidence from concentration ratios, business dynamism indicators, and markup/markdown estimates, documenting a distinct change in trends since the 1980s, especially in the United States ...
Maria Alessandra Rossi
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The Disclosure of Leniency Statements and Other Evidence under Directive 2014/104/EU: An Undue Prominence of Public Enforcement?

Market and Competition Law Review, 2018
Directive 2014/104/EU contains detailed provisions related to the disclosure of evidence in actions for damages before national courts that seek to strike a balance between a claimant’s right to access evidence in support of its private damages claim ...
Claudia Massa
doaj   +1 more source

Transposition of the Antitrust Damages Directive Into Spanish Law

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
This paper analyses the legal measures adopted to implement Directive 2014/104/EU into Spanish law. After briefly looking at the context of private enforcement of competition law in Spain, it examines the process followed for the transposition and the issues discussed before the adoption of the Transposition Decree in May 2017.
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Make or Buy Decisions and Data Sharing

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms can share data to discover potential synergies between their data sets and algorithms, eventually leading to more efficient mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. However, data sharing also modifies the competitive balance when firms do not merge, and a company may be reluctant to share data with potential rivals.
Antoine Dubus, Patrick Legros
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Are Antitrust Treble Damages Really Single Damages? [PDF]

, 1993
This Article will show that antitrust violations do not actually give rise to treble damages. When viewed correctly, antitrust damages awards are approximately equal to, or are in fact less than, the actual damages caused by antitrust violations.
Lande, Robert H.
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Lurking Patent Claims and Strategic Royalty Contracts

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes optimal licensing contracts when a licensee faces the risk of future infringement claims by unknown patent holders. In a setting where a noncompeting licensor contracts with a monopolistic manufacturer, fixed‐fee licensing is optimal absent such claims.
Jay Pil Choi
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The Incentive Virtues of Performance‐Based Trade Allowances and Loss Leading

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A retailer can boost demand for a manufacturer's product through non‐verifiable activities. Performance‐based trade allowances—rebates conditional on the retailer's successful sales efforts—help mitigate this moral hazard problem. In equilibrium, the wholesale contract includes a retail price set below cost, complemented by a rebate for ...
David Martimort, Jérôme Pouyet
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