CPI(6)1

In this issue:

From the Editor

David Evans, Apr 01, 2010

From the Editor

CPI’s Spring 2010 issue takes a comprehensive look at behavioral economics and its implications, if any, for the practice of competition policy.
David S. Evans, University of Chicago & University College London

A Symposium on Antitrust and Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics as Applied to Firms: A Primer

Discussing the literatures on behavioral economics, bounded rationality, and experimental economics as they apply to firm behavior in markets.
Mark Armstrong & Steffen Huck, University College London

Consumer Protection in Markets with Advice

In this article we present some of the reasons why markets with advice may malfunction, and explore the potential rationales for some of the policy proposals that are on the table.
Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt and Imperial College London & Marco Ottaviani, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Roman Inderst, Marco Ottaviani, Apr 01, 2010

Behavioral Economics, Consumer Protection, and Antitrust

In this article, I will provide some background on behavioral economics and assess what insights it provides for consumer protection and antitrust policy.
Michael Salinger, Boston University

The Jevons Colloquium: Behavioral Economics in Consumer Protection and Competition Law

The Future of Behavioral Economics in Antitrust Jurisprudence

Does the courts present embrace of price theory in antitrust cases portend the courts imminent acceptance of behavioral economics in either antitrust or consumer protection cases?
Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit; Derek W. Moore, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP.

The Role of Behavioral Economics in Competition Law: A Judicial Perspective

What courts have been doing all along may be closer to behavioral economics than to more conventional economic theories of rational behavior.
Vivien Rose, U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal

What Does Behavioral Economics Mean for Competition Policy?

The existence of behavioral biases does have a number of implications for the way in which markets work.
Matthew Bennett, John Fingleton, Amelia Fletcher, Liz Hurley, & David Ruck, U.K. Office of Fair Trading

Behavioral Economics and Merger Analysis

When looking at the implications of behavioral economics for merger analysis there are some intriguing possibilities, some of which have already begun to have a modest impact.
Alison Oldale, U.K. Competition Commission

The Impact of Behavioral Economics on Consumer and Competition Policies

In a model of rational behavior, firms in a competitive environment compete mostly on the merits and the market outcome is efficient and welfare- maximizing. Does this result continue to hold when the rationality assumption about consumer behavior is relaxed?
Eliana Garcés, Cabinet, European Commission

Riposte: Answering the Commentary on Tying, Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit Theory

The Failed Resurrection of the Single Monopoly Profit Theory

Presenting what we need to reject not only the single monopoly profit theory but also a categorical rule of per se legality for either all ties or all ties without a substantial foreclosure share.
Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School

Notable Antitrust Cases

Clarifying the Scope of Judicial Review in Competition Inquiries: The Saga of PPI

There are a number of circumstances where general principles of judicial review allow heightened scrutiny in competition inquiries.
Antonio Bavasso and Mark Friend, Allen & Overy

The Classics

A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice

This article by Herbert Simon provided one of the leading alternatives to the traditional model of rational profit-maximizing behavior, bringing to the forefront of academic attention several of the key issues on which behavioral economics would eventually focus. Introduction by Lindsay McSweeney, Competition Policy International.

Cecilia Chaing, Lindsay McSweeney, Apr 01, 2010

From Editor