Handbook of Antitrust Economics | 
 enlarge | Creator: Paolo Buccirossi
Publisher: The MIT Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 796
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 1.4
ISBN: 0262524775
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.8
EAN: 9780262524773
ASIN: 0262524775
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
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Product Description
Over the past twenty years, economic theory has begun to play a central role in antitrust matters. In earlier days, the application of antitrust rules was viewed almost entirely in formal terms; now it is widely accepted that the proper interpretation of these rules requires an understanding of how markets work and how firms can alter their efficient functioning. The Handbook of Antitrust Economics offers scholars, students, administrators, courts, companies, and lawyers the economist’s view of the subject, describing the application of newly developed theoretical models and improved empirical methods to antitrust and competition law in both the United States and the European Union. (The book uses the U.S. term "antitrust law" and the European "competition law" interchangeably, emphasizing the commonalities between the two jurisdictions.)
After a general discussion of the use of empirical methods in antitrust cases, the Handbook covers merger agreements, abuses of dominance (or unilateral effects), and market features that affect the ways firms compete. Chapters examine such topics as analyzing the competitive effects of both horizontal and vertical mergers, detecting and preventing cartels, theoretical and empirical analyses of vertical restraints, state aids, the relationship of competition law to the defense of intellectual property, and the application of antitrust law to "bidding markets," network industries, and two-sided markets.
Contributors:
Mark Armstrong, Jonathan B. Baker, Timothy F. Bresnahan, Paolo Buccirossi, Nicholas Economides, Hans W. Friederiszick, Luke M. Froeb, Richard J. Gilbert, Joseph E. Harrington, Jr., Paul Klemperer, Kai-Uwe Kuhn, Francine Lafontaine, Damien J. Neven, Patrick Rey, Michael H. Riordan, Jean-Charles Rochet, Lars-Hendrik Roeller, Margaret Slade, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Jean Tirole, Thibaud Verge, Vincent Verouden, John Vickers, Gregory J. Werden.
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A very useful and well-written book May 26, 2008
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I have found this book very useful and well-written. It presents a very thorough and up-to-date review of the literature on economic analysis of antitrust law, which is especially useful for economists doing consulting work in antitrust cases. It is also good as a supplementary reading in industrial economics' courses, and in antitrust courses. The contributors are well-known especialists in their areas, and the level of the book is generally the "right one" for this kind of book (higher than an economics' textbook but lower than an academic paper). I would have liked to see a bit more on demand system estimation, but appart from that everything is fine. I stongly recommend the book.
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