http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7063 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:50:46 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7063 [...] ON THE MARKET » “Free is More Complicated Than You Think” on Radiohead revisited.TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Intel’s Loyalty Rebates: Why the Interventionists Are Wrong on Ant…TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Intel’s Loyalty Rebates: Why the Interventionists Are Wrong on [...]

]]> http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7062 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:26:21 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7062 [...] Slip.TRUTH ON THE MARKET » Yet Another Voluntary Pricing Experiment on Radiohead revisited.M. Hodak on Antitrust Activity and Distinguishing Influence from Quality.David on Antitrust Activity and Distinguishing Influence from Quality.palestinian who suffer because [...]

]]> http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7061 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:46:46 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7061 The MSM can be fairly well characterized as a religion that equates more government intervention with better government. Thanks for pushing the boulder a few inches back up the hill.

]]> http://truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7060 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:34:11 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2007/10/28/antitrust-activity-and-distinguishing-influence-from-quality/#comment-7060 I read the quote differently. “Influential” does not – to me at least – equate to quality. I think the point of the article (to the extent such a short article has a point) is that the more active and interventionist antitrust agency will have a greater effect upon companies and activities within the scope of both agencies’ jurisdiction. I do not think the article, or the quote, even attempt (directly or indirectly) to make the case that the EC’s competition policy is better than the US’s policy (although you might need to disregard the slightly out-of-place quote from the Italian law professor in the middle of the article). Simply, the extent that, say, two companies are going to merge and need approval from both the EC and the US (DOJ or FTC), the companies – today – will be more concerned about obtaining EC approval and therefore will be more concerned about structuring the deal in order to meet EC regulations/policy. Because EC regulations/policy drive this equation, it is more influential than US regulations/policy.

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