RPM and Vertical Integration With Upstream Competition and Noncontractible Efforts
ABSTRACT We study RPM and vertical integration in a common agency setting with two differentiated manufacturers and one retailer, where consumer demand depends on both the manufacturers' and retailer's noncontractible efforts. Under vertical separation, the adoption of maximum RPM by both manufacturers is an equilibrium and intensifies competition ...
Michele Bisceglia +3 more
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Do States Free Ride in Antitrust Enforcement? [PDF]
Recent research has documented a substantial role in antitrust enforcement by U.S. states. While many of the cases litigated involve small local firms, a non-trivial portion encompass multiplestate issues.
Robert M. Feinberg, Thomas A. Husted
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Polish Leniency Programme and its Intersection with Private Enforcement of Competition Law [PDF]
This paper is devoted to the Polish leniency programme, including the conditions of obtaining lenient treatment and the applicable procedure. The type, scope and form of information that must be submitted are commented on as well as the marker system and
Ewelina Rumak, Piotr Sitarek
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Private International Cartels: Effectiveness, Welfare, and Anticartel Enforcement [PDF]
This paper presents and analyses economic data on 167 international cartels that were discovered by antitrust authorities after January 1990. The median cartel had five corporate members and generated $1.2 billion in sales during the collusive period ...
John M. Connor
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Alternative Remedies in Private Enforcement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU
Chapter 8 focuses on alternative remedies in the private enforcement of competition law in the EU. To set the context, the general framework of judicial protection of EU law rights is outlined, prominently including the EU law rights to an effective ...
Strand, Magnus,
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Lost in translation? Injunctions and patent enforcement in a transatlantic perspective
Abstract As the European Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRED) marked the twentieth anniversary of its adoption, renewed calls have emerged for its revision, aimed at fostering a more effective application of the principle of proportionality in patent enforcement.
Giuseppe Colangelo
wiley +1 more source
Antitrust Private Enforcement – Case of Poland
This article presents the main difficulties surrounding private enforcement of antitrust law in Poland, currently the key implementation problem in the field of antitrust law.
Jurkowska, Agata
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Extraterritoriality of the Sherman Act and Deterrence of Private International Cartels [PDF]
This paper presents two major economic arguments relevant to a decision facing the U.S. Supreme Court in early 2004. In Empagran v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche the Court must decide whether companies like Empagran, an Ecuadorian animal-feed manufacturer, ought ...
Connor, John M.
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The Impact of TikTok on Elections: (Mis)information and Regulatory Challenges
ABSTRACT TikTok's algorithm‐driven feed is reshaping electoral communication, yet a clear understanding of its effects is lacking. This study synthesizes and appraises evidence on how the platform's design and governance shape political (dis)information and may affect electoral dynamics.
Michele Giuseppe Giuranno +1 more
wiley +1 more source

