Competition for the Field: DVD Standard Edition
Craig Newmark highlights this offer at Amazon allowing consumers who purchase an HD-DVD player up to 10 free DVDs. Newmark cites the DVD offer as . . .
Competition for the Field: DVD Standard Edition
Vertical Integration and Retail Gasoline Prices Revisited
A trio of Federal Trade Commission economists (Christopher Taylor, Paul Zimmerman, & Nicholas Kreisle) have revisited Justine Hastings’ 2004 AER analysis of the ARCO/ Thrifty . . .
What Happens When Attempted Collusion Fails
Harvard College decided this year not to offer a service option many of its customers want — early admission. When Harvard’s new policy was announced, . . .
Most Cited Antitrust Law Professors
Dave Hoffman aptly describes the contours of a lot of the blog debate over Brian Leiter’s citation rankings of law professors by specialty: Objection: “But . . .
Keith Hylton’s Antitrust World Reports
Over at Antitrustworldwiki.com, Keith Hylton has a very cool wiki project compiling antitrust laws around the world. Read the full piece here.
Easterbrook on False Positives
I recently came across a keynote speech by Frank Easterbrook (published at 52 Emory L.J. 1297 (2003)) where he discusses Type I errors in antitrust . . .
Franchising, Starbucks vs. Subway, and Promotional Services
Professor Bainbridge offers a correction to Keith’s Starbucks analysis by pointing out that Starbucks does not have franchisees. I don’t think the franchise/ franchisee distinction . . .
Scrapping the Notion of Fiduciary Duties Owed to Shareholders
U of Chicago Law Professors Douglas Baird and M. Todd Henderson (my very smart, very tall law school classmate) recently posted a provocative paper on . . .
The Roberts Courts Antitrust Philosophy: You Say Harvard, I Say Chicago …
The debate over the whether the current Supreme Court’s decisions are more accurately described as influenced by the Chicago School, the Harvard School, Post-Chicago thinking, . . .