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Symposium on Empirical Antitrust in the Antitrust Law Journal

The application of empirical economic methods in antitrust can and should play an important, even central, role in the development of sound competition policy.  For example, former FTC Chairman Tim Muris explicitly made the case that empirical examination of the economic foundations of antitrust could improve antitrust policy making and undertook efforts to make such ... Symposium on Empirical Antitrust in the Antitrust Law Journal

Backdating stock options is a crime? Go figure.

Yesterday, Former Brocade CEO Steve Reyes was convicted of all criminal charges brought against him in the Brocade backdating scandal.  (The ten charges included fraud, conspiracy, lying to the SEC, falsifying books, etc.)  I am thrilled.  Professor Larry Ribstein is not. To remind you, backdating stock options basically means lying and maintaining that stock options ... Backdating stock options is a crime? Go figure.

Zywicki on the Two-Income Trap Hypothesis

My colleague Todd Zywicki offers an empirical rebuttal to the Warren-Tyagi “Two Income Trap” hypothesis which asserts that families with two incomes end up more leveraged than families with single incomes and more susceptible to negative economic shocks than otherwise for a number of reasons, including, e.g. counterproductive bidding for housing, child care expenses, etc. ... Zywicki on the Two-Income Trap Hypothesis

Shelf Space Payments and Retail Bargaining Power

At his new blog Management R&D, Luke Froeb writes about the strategy of downstream firms reducing capacity in order to increase competition among suppliers: To gain bargaining power, some firms reduce capacity to increase competition among their suppliers. For example, health insurers restrict the number of drugs on their formularies or the number of hospitals ... Shelf Space Payments and Retail Bargaining Power

Antitrust in China

It appears that China may be very close to passing its Anti-Monopoly Law (HT: Danny Sokol).  Like many others, I’ve been following these developments (see, e.g., the ABA’s comments on the proposed law here).  I will also be taking a trip out to China sometime later this year and so am interested in learning as ... Antitrust in China

This is Bad News for GMU

From Brian Leiter: Vernon Smith, a seminal figure in “experimental economics,” whose work has also been influential in behavioral law and economics scholarship over the past decade, is moving with his research team from George Mason University to Chapman University.  Smith’s joint appointments will include one in the Law School there. Wow.  This is a ... This is Bad News for GMU

Read Marc Hodak

His short post is here.  The theme is, in essence, Bastiat’s “What is Seen and What is Not Seen.”  Government (and, oh, I don’t know . . . antitrust regulators in particular) thrive on the unseen–as Marc puts it, on the unfortunate reality that “invisible opportunity costs stay[] that way.”  As I argued at some ... Read Marc Hodak

Antitrust News at GW Law

GW Law received a $5.1 million award to fund a Center for Competition Law resulting from the settlement of a class-action antitrust suit brought by Michael Hausfield (of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., and a GW alum).  According to the press release, Hausfeld argued that the Center would focus on the “special challenges to traditional antitrust ... Antitrust News at GW Law

A Comeback for Dr. Miles?

The Antitrust Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing Tuesday morning on whether the Leegin decision is good antitrust policy.  It is (see, e.g. our TOTM Leegin archives), but I suspect this hearing may be the beginning of the end for minimum RPM’s rule of reason era.

The EC versus Intel: The SO is issued

To no one’s great surprise (other than that it took so long), the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections against Intel today.  More information as it becomes available. For those looking for a little insight into the case, you might be intrested in The FTC’s 1998 Complaint against Intel and the resulting Consent Decree (the entire case ... The EC versus Intel: The SO is issued

Junk Social Science in the Medical Bankruptcy Debate

My GMU colleague Todd Zywicki and Gail Heriot (USD) have an op-ed in the Washington Times exposing Harvard Professors David Himmelstein and Elizabeth Warren’s study on medical debt and bankruptcy, presented to Congress earlier this week, as “one of the most misleading pieces of research ever placed before Congress — no small dishonor.”  The punchline ... Junk Social Science in the Medical Bankruptcy Debate

Chicago, Post-Chicago, Post-Post-Chicago: On Using Shorthand Labels Responsibly

Over the past few weeks I’ve read at least two dozen papers, mostly by legal scholars (but some by economists) employing or critiquing economic analysis of law, that use the term “Chicago School,” in a critical and misleading way.  Conventionally, use of this nomenclature comes along with a claim that “Chicago School” economics is code for a ... Chicago, Post-Chicago, Post-Post-Chicago: On Using Shorthand Labels Responsibly