Antitrust & Competition Policy Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-654352023-06-23T03:00:00-07:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadRising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferencestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b68534da37200d2023-06-23T03:00:00-07:002023-06-23T03:00:00-07:00Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences Hendrik Döpper Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) Alexander MacKay Harvard University - Business School (HBS) Nathan Miller Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business Joel Stiebale...D Daniel SokolThe EU's Joint Procurement Agreement in the Light of COVID-19: Learning the Correct Lessons from the Pandemic and Identifying Actions for Improvementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b751a19782200c2023-06-22T03:00:00-07:002023-06-22T03:00:00-07:00The EU's Joint Procurement Agreement in the Light of COVID-19: Learning the Correct Lessons from the Pandemic and Identifying Actions for Improvement Aris Georgopoulos University of Nottingham; University of Nottingham - School of Law Abstract The rapid spread of COVID-19,...D Daniel SokolAn Anatomy of Monopsony: Search Frictions, Amenities and Bargaining in Concentrated Marketstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b685339e05200d2023-06-21T03:00:00-07:002023-06-21T03:00:00-07:00An Anatomy of Monopsony: Search Frictions, Amenities and Bargaining in Concentrated Markets David W. Berger, Kyle F. Herkenhoff, Andreas R. Kostøl & Simon Mongey We contribute a theory in which three channels interact to determine the degree of monopsony power...D Daniel SokolAssistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter Delivers Keynote Address at the Brookings Institution’s Center on Regulation and Markets Event “Promoting Competition in Banking” Washington, DC ~ Tuesday, June 20, 2023tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02c1a6cb3955200b2023-06-20T09:30:10-07:002023-06-20T09:30:10-07:00See his speech here.D Daniel SokolMerger Guidelines for the Labor Markettag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b7517c87dd200b2023-06-20T03:00:00-07:002023-06-20T03:00:00-07:00Merger Guidelines for the Labor Market David W. Berger, Thomas Hasenzagl, Kyle F. Herkenhoff, Simon Mongey & Eric A. Posner While the labor market implications of mergers have been historically ignored as “out of market” effects, recent actions by the...D Daniel SokolMulti-Product Critical Loss: Allowing for Varying Margins, Prices, and Quantities in the Candidate Product Markettag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b7517c87d8200b2023-06-19T03:00:00-07:002023-06-19T03:00:00-07:00Multi-Product Critical Loss: Allowing for Varying Margins, Prices, and Quantities in the Candidate Product Market Shawn W. Ulrick U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Mark D. Williams U.S. Federal Trade Commission Date Written: April 6, 2023 Abstract Critical loss analysis is...D Daniel SokolRegistration is open for the Tenth Annual Platform Research Symposium. July 18-19, 2023 Boston University Center for Computing & Data Sciencestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02c1b2569d9e200d2023-06-16T09:57:03-07:002023-06-16T09:57:03-07:00Register here. See the list of papers to be presented here.D Daniel SokolPolicing Anticompetitive Practices and Protecting the Competitive Process Through Adjudication vs. Rulemakingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b751a0e059200c2023-06-16T03:00:00-07:002023-06-16T03:00:00-07:00Policing Anticompetitive Practices and Protecting the Competitive Process Through Adjudication vs. Rulemaking Henry Su National Institute for Trial Advocacy Abstract This chapter examines whether the US Federal Trade Commission should be pursuing any aspect of its competition enforcement mission through...D Daniel SokolRivals’ Exit and Vertical Merger Evaluationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b7517b5ea1200b2023-06-15T03:00:00-07:002023-06-15T03:00:00-07:00Rivals’ Exit and Vertical Merger Evaluation By: Javier D. Donna (University of Florida); Pedro Pereira (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) Abstract: We discuss a subset of vertical mergers, where the exercise of market power and the efficiencies enabled by a vertical...D Daniel SokolProduct Innovation with Vertical Differentiation: Is a Monopolist's Incentive Weaker?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b7517b5e93200b2023-06-14T03:00:00-07:002023-06-14T03:00:00-07:00Product Innovation with Vertical Differentiation: Is a Monopolist's Incentive Weaker? By: Serge Moresi (Charles River Associates, Inc.); Marius Schwartz (Department of Economics, Georgetown University) Abstract: Extant literature shows that Arrow’s famous result—a secure monopolist gains less from a nondrastic process...D Daniel Sokol