Michael A. Salinger

Boston University - Questrom School of Business

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Why Do Firms Bundle and Tie? Evidence from Competitive Markets and Implications for Tying Law

Yale Journal on Regulation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 29 May 2004 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Michael A. Salinger and David S. Evans
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Market Platform Dynamics
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economics of tying, tying and efficiency, antitrust and tying, per se tying, tying in competitive markets

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Self-Preferencing

The Global Antitrust Institute Report on the Digital Economy 10
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Tying Law and Policy: A Decision Theoretic Approach

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Tying Law and Policy: A Decision Theoretic Approach

Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 01-04
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 17 Apr 2001
Keith N. Hylton and Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - School of Law and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Tying Law and Policy: A Decision Theoretic Approach

Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 69, 2001
Posted: 25 Oct 2001
Keith N. Hylton and Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - School of Law and Boston University - Questrom School of Business

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Supreme Court Amicus Brief Regarding Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Brief No. 07-02
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Dec 2007
William J. Baumol, Colin Blaydon, Charles J. Cicchetti, René M. Stulz, Jeffrey A Dubin, Franklin M. Fisher, Robert W. Hahn, Jerry A. Hausman, William W. Hogan, Joseph P. Kalt, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Robert J. Michaels, Bruce M. Owen, Craig Pirrong, Michael A. Salinger, Steven Shavell, Vernon L. Smith, James L. Sweeney, Robert Willig and Catherine Wolfram
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, University of Southern California, Department of Economics, Deceased, Technology Policy Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, California State University, Fullerton - Department of Economics, Stanford University, University of Houston - Department of Finance, Boston University - Questrom School of Business, Harvard Law School, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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A Pragmatic Approach to Identifying and Analyzing Legitimate Tying Cases

EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW ANNUAL 2003: WHAT IS AN ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION?, Hart Publishing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Nov 2003
David S. Evans, Jorge Padilla and Michael A. Salinger
Market Platform Dynamics, Compass Lexecon and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Protecting Competition vs. Protecting Competitors: Assessing the Antitrust Complaints Against Google

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jun 2016
Geeta Gouri and Michael A. Salinger
Independent and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
Downloads 521 (115,807)

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antitrust, abuse of dominance, Google

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An Empirical Analysis of Bundling and Tying: Over-the-Counter Pain Relief and Cold Medicines

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Nov 2004
Michael A. Salinger and David S. Evans
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Market Platform Dynamics
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Net Innovation Pressure in Merger Analysis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2019
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Innovation, R&D, Spillovers, Horizontal Mergers, Upward Pricing Pressure, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, Net Innovation Pressure

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The Role of Cost in Determining When Firms Offer Bundles

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
David S. Evans and Michael A. Salinger
Market Platform Dynamics and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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economics of tying, tying in competitive markets, contestability, costs and tying, antitrust economics of tying

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Bundling of RAND-Committed Patents

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
Anne Layne-Farrar and Michael A. Salinger
Charles River Associates and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
Downloads 278 (234,796)
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patents, licensing, bundling, tying, RAND, FRAND, intellectual property

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The Policy Implications of Licensing Standard Essential FRAND-Committed Patents in Bundles

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Oct 2016
Anne Layne-Farrar and Michael A. Salinger
Charles River Associates and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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patents, licensing, bundling, tying, RAND, FRAND, holdup, intellectual property

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Tying and Bundling in a Nearly Contestable Market

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Jun 2011
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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tying, bundling, contestable markets, product selection

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Curing Sinus Headaches and Tying Law: An Empirical Analysis of Bundling Decongestants and Pain Relievers

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1519
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Michael A. Salinger and David S. Evans
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Market Platform Dynamics
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The Complicated Simple Economics of Vertical Mergers

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The Complicated Simple Economics of Vertical Mergers

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 06 May 2021
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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vertical mergers, vertical integration, mergers, antitrust, double marginalization, raising rivals’ costs, upward pricing pressure

The Complicated Simple Economics of Vertical Mergers

Forthcoming in The Journal of Law and Economics
Posted: 07 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 28 May 2024
Martino De Stefano and Michael A. Salinger
Charles River Associates and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Vertical Mergers

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Teaching the Lerner Rule with Uncertainty

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Jun 2011
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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The Price-Setting Newsvendor with Inventories and Stock-Out Costs: An Economic Interpretation

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Aug 2010
Miguel Ampudia and Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
Downloads 143 (434,078)

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newsvendor problem, demand uncertainty, mark-ups, inventories, Lerner Index

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Mark-Up Pricing Under Demand Uncertainty

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
Downloads 141 (438,943)
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problem, demand uncertainty, mark-ups, Lerner Index

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Cliff Discounts by a Dominant Producer Threatened by Partial Entry

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Mar 2015
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Loyalty discounts, all-units discounts, bundled discounts, price discrimination, facilitating practices, tacit collusion, exclusive dealing, tying

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Tax Reform and Corporate Investment: A Microeconometric Simulation Study

NBER Working Paper No. w0757
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Nov 2002 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Michael A. Salinger and Lawrence H. Summers
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and Harvard University
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Product Offering Complexity: Implications for Tying Doctrine

Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper No. 4605247
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Nov 2023
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Bundling, Tying, Entry Barriers, Product Selection

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Universal Fluctuations in Growth Dynamics of Economic Systems

Scientific Reports, Volume 9, Article number: 713; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38088-z (2019) , Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 10 Feb 2019
Nathan C. Frey, Sakib Matin, H. Eugene Stanley and Michael A. Salinger
University of Pennsylvania - School of Engineering & Applied Science, Boston University - Department of Physics, Boston University - Center for Polymer Studies and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Econophysics, Statistical Physics, Economics, Scaling Laws, Firm Growth

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A Graphical Analysis of Bundling

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS Vol 68 No 1, January 1995
Posted: 25 Dec 1998
Michael A. Salinger
Boston University - Questrom School of Business

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