Paolo Buccirossi Antitrust Economics sku-570198531

Paolo Buccirossi's Handbook of Antitrust Economics (Paperback), SKU sku-570198531, is listed under All Manuals & Guides. It presents economists' views on antitrust law in the United States and competition law in the European Union, terms the book uses interchangeably to stress what the jurisdictions have in common.

Written for scholars, students, administrators, courts, companies and lawyers, it describes newer theoretical models and improved empirical methods. The book explains how economic theory has become central to antitrust matters over the past twenty years.

Where antitrust rules were once viewed largely in formal terms, interpreting them now calls for an understanding of markets and how firms can alter their efficient functioning. After discussing empirical methods in antitrust cases, chapters address mergers, agreements, abuses of dominance or unilateral conduct, and market features that affect competition.

Topics include the competitive effects of horizontal and vertical mergers; cartel detection and prevention; theoretical and empirical analysis of vertical restraints; state aids; competition law and the defense of intellectual property; and antitrust law in bidding markets, network industries and two-sided markets. Contributors are Mark Armstrong, Jonathan B. Baker, Timothy F.

Bresnahan, Paulo 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-Hendrick Röller, Margaret Slade, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Jean Tirole, Thibaud Vergé, Vincent Verouden, John Vickers and Gregory J. Werden.