Antitrust Bulletin articles from December 2001

Antitrust Bulletin archives from December 2001

Standard Oil and Microsoft: intriguing parallels or limping analogies?(antitrust cases)
December 22, 2001... I. Introduction The computer industry and the law of antitrust have been preoccupied with the struggle between the federal and several state governments and Microsoft for most of the past decade. Microsoft's use of its domination over the...

Antitrust, the "relevant market," and the Vietnamization of American merger policy.
December 22, 2001... In the 1960s, amidst the expanding conflagration in Vietnam, the Republican senator from Vermont, George Aiken, propounded what became known as the Aiken Formula for resolving the crisis. The United States, he suggested, should just declare...

What is monopolization anyway? Tthe D.C. Circuit grapples with some perplexing issues.
December 22, 2001... I. Introduction: the inadequate specification of the monopolization clause under existing law The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Microsoft antitrust case (1) is a milestone in the...

Antitrust and market dominance.
December 22, 2001... I. Introduction Market dominance has been the defining test of U.S. antitrust policies during the 20th century. (1) Currently the policies are minimal. Antitrust officials regard dominant firms as beneficial, not harmful, even as actual...

Harmonizing antitrust worldwide by evolving to Michael Porter's dynamic productivity growth analysis.
December 22, 2001... I. Introduction This article argues that there is an unprecedented opportunity, and need, for antitrust to evolve beyond the static efficiency economics that has dominated antitrust analysis for about 20 years to the next level, a dynamic...

Competition and antitrust: toward a productivity-based approach to evaluating mergers and joint ventures.
December 22, 2001... I. Introduction The essential role of competition and antitrust policy in competitiveness is evident in recent research on industry competition and economic development. My conviction from working both with companies and public policy...