Establishing Market and Monopoly Power in Tech Platform Antitrust Cases

The Lawful Acquisition and Exercise of Monopoly Power and Its Implications for the Objectives of Antitrust

Endogenous Monopoly Market Segmentation

The standard monopoly pricing problem is re-considered when the buyer’s type (e.g. age, income, experience) can be credibly disclosed at some cost. In the optimal sales mechanism with costly disclosure, the seller posts a “sticker price” available to any buyer, as well as a schedule of discounts available to those who disclose certain types. Unambiguous welfare implications are available in the...

Can HMOs wield market power? Assessing antitrust liability in the imperfect market for health care financing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .. .................................... 93 I. Background . ................................ 102 A. Statutory Basis for Antitrust Offenses ........... 102 B. Judicial Construction of Antitrust Laws ......... 103 1. Monopolization and attempted monopolization: section 2 offenses ........................ 103 2. Combinations or contracts in restraint of trade: section...

Toward a Monopoly Botnet Market

Zhen Li1 and Qi Liao2 1Department of Economics and Management, Albion College, Albion, Michigan, USA 2Department of Computer Science, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA ABSTRACT Economics play an increasingly important role in fighting cyber crimes. While the arms race against botnet problems has achieved limited success, we propose an approach attacking botnets through ...

Quality , Upgrades , and ( the Loss of ) Market Power in a Dynamic Monopoly Model July 2008

1 Anton: [email protected]; Biglaiser: [email protected]. We are grateful to the Fuqua Business Associates Fund and Microsoft for …nancial support. We thank Harvard Business School, the Portuguese Competition Authority, and UCSD for their hospitality where some of this research was conducted. We also thank Leslie Marx, Jean Tirole, many colleagues at conferences and seminars, and, espec...