Tag: SSNIP
The Impact of Economic Analysis on Market Definition in the Context...
While advances in economic theory, econometrics and data availability have helped antitrust authorities to fine-tune their approach to market definition in traditional brick and...
Patients v. Hospitals: Why Define Markets At All if Every Market...
Hospital merger cases are won or lost on geographic market definition. The Third Circuit’s recent finding that it is appropriate to define geographic markets...
Defining Relevant Markets in the Crypto Economy
The regulation of cryptocurrencies and the application of antitrust law to cryptocurrencies is still in its infancy. As the definition of relevant markets may...
Personal Data as a Price in Market Definition: A Brief Assessment
Services offered by Google, Facebook, and their kin are not truly free: users contribute to the monetization of the platform. The question is not...
The Usefulness of the Consumer Survey Method in Defining Relevant Markets
By Garima Sodhi,1 Sailee Sakhardande,2 & Bhaavi Agrawal3
I. Introduction
The superstructure of robust economic arguments in antitrust cases is based on an underlying foundation...
A Step Forward or Backward: The Court’s Application of Geographic Market...
The Federal Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General recently challenged a proposed hospital system merger in the Philadelphia, PA area as...
The Consensus Among Economists on Multisided Platforms and the Implications for...
David Evans, Jun 13, 2013
Multisided platforms create value by bringing two or more different types of economic agents together and facilitating interactions between them...
Both Sides Now: A Brief Reflection on the Two-Sided Market Debate
James Musgrove, Jun 13, 2013
At the 2013 American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting I had the honor to chair a session...
Should Multisided Markets Receive This Much Attention?
Owen Kendler, Jun 13, 2013
The antitrust community talks perennially about multisided or two-sided markets. At first glance, this attention may appear misplaced. The courts...
Market Definition and Merger Analysis for Multi-Sided Platforms
David Evans, Richard Schmalensee, Nov 13, 2012
This paper provides a brief progress report on market definition and the analysis of mergers for multi-sided platforms....
