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Exclusion Or Efficient Pricing: The "Big Deal" Bundling Of Academic Journals, Aaron S. Edlin, Daniel L. Rubinfeld
Exclusion Or Efficient Pricing: The "Big Deal" Bundling Of Academic Journals, Aaron S. Edlin, Daniel L. Rubinfeld
Daniel L. Rubinfeld
Prices of academic journals have climbed enormously in the past two decades. This article explains the substantial barriers to entry that established journals enjoy. It points out that the Big Deal bundling that the large commercial publishers have adopted in the past few years creates a substantial additional strategic barrier to entry. We consider whether these bundling offers violate the antitrust laws and conclude that they may.
Contributions Legal Scholars Can Make To Development Economics: Examples From China, Joyce Palomar
Contributions Legal Scholars Can Make To Development Economics: Examples From China, Joyce Palomar
Joyce Palomar
No abstract provided.
Notas Sobre Análisis Económico Del Derecho: Una Mirada Desde América Latina, Rafael Mery Nieto
Notas Sobre Análisis Económico Del Derecho: Una Mirada Desde América Latina, Rafael Mery Nieto
Rafael Mery Nieto
No abstract provided.
The Expulsion Of The Jews From France In 1306: A Modern Fiscal Analysis, Stéphane Mechoulan
The Expulsion Of The Jews From France In 1306: A Modern Fiscal Analysis, Stéphane Mechoulan
Stéphane Mechoulan
In 1306, at the peak of a severe financial and monetary crisis, Philippe the Fair expelled the Jews from his kingdom, declared himself creditor of their debts, seized their property and auctioned it off. Was this a clever move, financially speaking? Did Philippe gain more, by killing the goose that laid the golden egg, than by securing a steady flow of taxes? Taking discounting into account, conservative bounds on the sum collected through the seizures over the years that followed the expulsion challenge the traditional view that it was a bad deal. Still, the windfall brought by the relative success …
Auctioning For Loyalty: Selection And Monitoring Of Class Counsel, Alex Stein, Alon Harel
Auctioning For Loyalty: Selection And Monitoring Of Class Counsel, Alex Stein, Alon Harel
Alex Stein
This Article takes a fresh look at the misalignment of interests between class attorneys and their clients. Specifically, it examines the class attorneys' opportunity for shirking and for striking collusive settlements with corporate defendants. Both case law and scholarly writings offer numerous solutions to this misalignment of interests; yet, those solutions suffer from serious flaws. Professors Harel and Stein examine the reasons for that failure and propose a new solution that overcomes the class action agency problem. They argue that the law should resolve this problem by choosing between two basic paradigms of class action lawyering: Attorney-as-Owner and Attorney-as-Servant (Ownership …
The American Airlines Case: A Chance To Clarify Predation Policy, Aaron S. Edlin, Joseph Farrell
The American Airlines Case: A Chance To Clarify Predation Policy, Aaron S. Edlin, Joseph Farrell
Aaron Edlin
No abstract provided.