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January 30, 2006

Antitrust Law and Competition for Distribution

Thom recently posted about Judge Alito’s comments on the recent Lepage’s decision involving bundled discounts offered to retailers. There is presently much debate among antitrust scholars regarding the proper treatment…

January 28, 2006

On disclosure: The hydraulic theory

Geoffrey A. Manne

We know that people respond to incentives, and that behavior will adjust in response to relative changes in price. But I think itâ€™s commonly assumed that the only relevant price…

January 27, 2006

Taking Maytag and Whirlpool to the cleaners

Geoffrey A. Manne

Christine blogs about the Whirlpool-Maytag merger and its antitrust problems. Law Blog has the story, as well. Both mention the American Antitrust Institute which opposes (vehemently) the merger. In fact,…

January 27, 2006

Tom Ulen returns to the blogosphere (and it's a good thing, too)

Geoffrey A. Manne

Rumblings of the imminent emergence of the soon-to-be-formidable Law and Econ Prof Blog today. Tom Ulen is joined by Jagdeep Bhandari. Another not-to-miss read. Now I’ll never get to look…

January 26, 2006

Maybe Hamas ain't so bad

Geoffrey A. Manne

Prof. B. writes with pronounced skepticism of and hostility to Hamas’ recent Palestinian parliamentary victory here. He sees this as a “decisive victory by a terrorist organization hostile to both…

January 25, 2006

Nacchio’s Puzzling (Innovative?) Defense

Thomas Lambert

An article in today’s W$J reports on former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio’s planned defense in a criminal insider trading action brought by the SEC. The defense is perplexing. The SEC…

January 25, 2006

Great. I'm dead, and they're talking about wheat.

Geoffrey A. Manne

Apologies for my relative absence of late: my day job, and all. I know my 3 loyal readers out there (hi Mom!) were wondering about me. Soon, I’ll post more…

January 23, 2006

Correcting "The Ethicist" on Insider Trading

Kristian Stout

In yesterday’s New York Times Magazine, an anonymous reader posed the following question to The Ethicist: I am a subspecialty physician without primary responsibility for patients. I consulted on the…

January 22, 2006

An Antitrust Modernization Committee Update

Joshua Wright

For those of you who are not familiar with work of the Antitrust Modernization Committee, and I suspect that this includes most of our readers, the AMC was created by…