This chapter reviews recent theoretical work on the design of regulatory policy, focusing on
the complications that arise when regulated suppliers have better information about the …

Niamh Dunne undertakes a systematic exploration of the relationship between competition
law and economic regulation as legal mechanisms of market control. Beginning from a …

The rapid rise, enduring growth and success of Internet markets and e-commerce platforms
have spurred a lively and sometimes heated debate among academics and policy-makers …

In broad terms, one can say that price discrimination exists when two “similar” products
which have the same marginal cost to produce are sold by a firm at different prices. 1 This …

We investigate a model in which a monopoly supplier distributes two types of its product,
physical and electronic products, through a traditional/brick-and-mortar retailer with a …

The effects of a new firm's entry into the telecom service market are examined further. These
consist of up-and downstream markets, corresponding to the first and second stages in …

We provide a new legal perspective for the antitrust analysis of margin squeeze conducts.
Building on recent economic analysis, we explain why margin squeeze conducts should …

The paper discusses economic theories of harm for anti-competitive margin squeeze by
unregulated and regulated vertically integrated firms. We review both predation and …

Article 82 of the EC Treaty provides for a condemnation of excessive prices. However, the
general concept of 'excessive price'may cover two very different realities. An excessive price …

We investigate how bundling affects investment in product quality, and derive welfare
implications. A monopolist in a primary market competes with a rival in a complementary …