Mathias Dewatripont

Competition-friendly industrial policy

Industrial policy, essential for addressing market failures, encounters concerns regarding protecting inefficient firms. We advocate for competition-friendly industrial policies, …

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Industrial policy and competition: Evidence from China

Using a comprehensive dataset of all medium and large enterprises in China between 1998 and 2007, we show that industrial policies allocated to competitive sectors or that foster …

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Essential patents, FRAND royalties and technological standards

Standard Setting Organizations have developed FRAND agreements in order to prevent firms from holding up other participants once a standard is created. We analyze here the …

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Quantifying antitrust damages: Towards non-binding guidance for courts

This report, prepared for the European Commission by Oxera with economic contributions from Patrick Legros and co-authors, provides guidance on the quantification of damages in …

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EU competition policy in a global world

This chapter reviews forces shaping current competition laws and initiatives, particularly those easing convergence between the USA and EU. Convergence may ease when countries are …

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Pricing of scientific journals and market power

We analyze the empirical relationship between journal prices, their quality measured by their citation counts, their age, as well as conduct of publishers. The database covers 22 …

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Public-private partnerships: contract design and risk transfer

This paper examines the Risk Management and Contract Design aspects of Public Private Partnerships. Part I begins with the question: How is a public private partnership distinct …

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Quality provision in the European postal market

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