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New Zealand Antitrust: Some Reflections On The First Twenty-Five Years, Mark N. Berry Dr.
New Zealand Antitrust: Some Reflections On The First Twenty-Five Years, Mark N. Berry Dr.
Loyola University Chicago International Law Review
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Antitrust Law And Economic Theory: Finding A Balance, Edward D. Cavanagh
Antitrust Law And Economic Theory: Finding A Balance, Edward D. Cavanagh
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal
Over the past forty years, the federal courts have relied more and more on economic theory to inform their antitrust analyses. Economic theory has indeed provided guidance with respect to antitrust issues and assisted the courts in reaching rational outcomes. At the same time, infusion of economic evidence into antitrust cases has made these cases more complex, lengthier, more expensive to litigate, and less predictable.
This Article argues that courts need to restore the balance between facts and economic theory in undertaking antitrust analysis. The problem is not that judges and juries cannot reach good outcomes in antitrust cases, but …
League Structure & Stadium Rent Seeking —The Antitrust Role Reconsidered, Haddock David, Jacobi Tonja, Matthew Sag
League Structure & Stadium Rent Seeking —The Antitrust Role Reconsidered, Haddock David, Jacobi Tonja, Matthew Sag
Faculty Publications & Other Works
Professional North American sporting teams receive enormous public funding for new and renovated stadiums after threatening to depart their hometowns, or by actually moving elsewhere. In contrast, English sporting teams neither receive much public money for such projects, nor move towns. This Article argues that no inherent cultural or political transatlantic variations cause the differences; rather, it is the industrial organization of sports in the two countries-the structure of league control-that enables rent-seeking by American teams but not by their English counterparts. Cross-country time series data contrasting American professional football and baseball stadiums with English soccer grounds support our claim, …
Antitrust’S Democracy Deficit, Harry First, Spencer Weber Waller
Antitrust’S Democracy Deficit, Harry First, Spencer Weber Waller
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