Antitrust, Regulation and Competition [Hardcover]

Antitrust, Regulation and Competition brings together a group of well-known European and American academics to examine antitrust policies and competitive behaviour on a wide variety of topical cases and critical markets. Taking both a theoretical and applied perspective, the contributors examine issues such as entry and market concentration, auctions, technological innovation, privatization and the role of public firms, market transparency, the supply of product quality and multinational firms.Preface; L.Lambertini Market Transparency and Competition Policy; H.P.M?llgaard & P.B.Overgaard Spectrum Auctions Versus Beauty Contests: Costs and Benefits; A.Prat & T.M.Valletti Beyond the Spectrum Constraint: Concentration and Entry in the Broadcasting Industry; M.Motta and M.Polo Is it Really Wise to Design Policies in Support of New Firm Formation?; F.Lotti, E.Santarelli & M.Vivarelli On the Regulation of Vertically Differentiated Markets Through Minimum Quality Standards; G.Ecchia, L.Lambertini & C.Scarpa On Optimal Privatization; D.Sasaki & M.Wen The Public-Private Mix in Health Insurance; F.Barigozzi Competing Innovations and Antitrust Policy: Reflections on the Summit/VISX Case; V.Dennicol? On the Regulation of Multinational Banks; G.Calzolari & G.LoranthFRANCESCA BARIGOZZI Universit? di Bologna, ItalyGIACOMO CALZOLARI Universit? di Bologna, ItalyVINCENZO DENICOL? Universit? di Bologna, ItalyGIULIO ECCHIA Universit? di Foggia, ItalyGYONGYI LORANTH University of London, UKFRANCESCA LOTTI Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna, Pisa, ItalyH. PETER M?LLGAARD Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkMASSIMO MOTTA Instituto Universitario Europeo, Fiesole (Firenze), ItalyPER BALTZER OVERGAARD University of Aarhus, DenmarkMICHELE POLO IGIER, Milano e Universit? di Sassari, ItalyANDREA PRAT Tilburg University, The NetherlandsENRICO SANTARELLI Universit? di Bologna, ItalyDAN SASAKI University of Exeter, UKCARLO SCARPA Universit?l#*