Dynamic Competition and Public Policy: Technology, Innovation, and Antitrust Issues

by Jerry Ellig (Editor)

Overview

During the 1990s, U.S. antitrust policy began to take greater account of economic theories that emphasize the critical role of innovation and change in the competitive process. Several high-profile antitrust cases have focused on dynamic innovation issues as much as or more than static economic efficiency. But does dynamic competition furnish a new rationale for activist antitrust, or a new reason for government to leave markets alone? In this volume, a dozen leading scholars with extensive antitrust experience explore this question in the context of the Microsoft case, merger policy, and intellectual property law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521782500
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/23/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. A taxonomy of dynamic competition theories Jerry Ellig and Dan Lin; 2. Innovation and antitrust enforcement Daniel Rubinfeld and John Hoven; 3. Competence explanations of economic profits: some policy implications Jay B. Barney; 4. New Incidia for competition policy and market analysis in high-technology industries Christopher Pleatsikas and David Teece; 5. Technological standards, innovation, and the essential facility doctrine Richard N. Langlois; 6. Innovation and monopoly leveraging Franklin M. Fisher; 7. Competition in network industries: the Microsoft case Stan Liebowitz; 8. Intellectual property and limitations on contract: antitrust, preemption, and the first sale doctrine Michelle M. Burtis and Bruce H. Kobayashi; Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a fascinating volume on an extremely important topic." CHOICE Dec 2001

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