Barak Orbach

University of Arizona

Robert H. Mundheim Professor of Law & Business

1201 E. Speedway Blvd.

Tuscon, AZ 85721-0176

United States

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1.

What Is Regulation?

30 Yale Journal on Regulation Online 1 (2012), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 12-27
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2012
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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regulation

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The Antitrust Consumer Welfare Paradox

Journal of Competition Law & Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 133-164, 2011, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 10-07
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2011
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, Consumer Welfare, Consumer Surplus,Total Surplus, Robert Bork

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The Durapolist Puzzle: Monopoly Power in Durable-Goods Market

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 21, pp. 67-118, 2004
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2008
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, Durable Goods, Monopoly, Pricing, Time Inconsistency, Tying

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What Is Government Failure?

30 Yale Journal on Regulation Online 44 (2013), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper 13-10
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2013
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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government failure, regulatory failure, regulation, market failure

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The Antitrust Curse of Bigness

85 Southern California Law Review 605 (2012), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-23
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2015
Barak Orbach and Grace E. Campbell Rebling
University of Arizona and Osborn Maledo
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Too Big to Fail, business size, monopoly, market power, antitrust history

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Antitrust and Pricing in the Motion Picture Industry

Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 21, pp. 317-366, 2004
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2008
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, Pricing, Motion Picture Industry, Behavioral Law & Economics

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Uniform Prices for Differentiated Goods: The Case of the Movie-Theater Industry

International Review of Law and Economics, 2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Feb 2020
Barak Orbach and Liran Einav
University of Arizona and Stanford University - Department of Economics
Downloads 1,226 (23,669)
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Antitrust, Motion Pictures, Uniform Prices, Paramount Decrees, Vertical Arrangements, Fairness

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Scamming: The Misunderstood Confidence Man

27 Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities 249 (2015), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-37
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2015
Jean Braucher and Barak Orbach
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law (Deceased) and University of Arizona
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scamming, confidence man

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Antitrust Vertical Myopia: The Allure of High Prices

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 50, pp. 261-287, 2008, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 07-25
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2008
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, Resale Price Maintenance, RPM, Behavioral Economics, Trademarks

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Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracies

15 Antitrust Source, no. 3, 2016, at 1., Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 16-11
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, Section 1, Vertical Restraints, Hub-and-Spoke Cartels

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Micro-Motives for State and Local Climate Change Initiatives

Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 2, pp. 119-137, 2008, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 07-19
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2014
Kirsten H. Engel and Barak Orbach
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Arizona
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Environmental Law, Political Economy, Federalism, Climate Change

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Con Men and Their Enablers: The Anatomy of Confidence Games

85 Social Research 795 (2018), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 18-27
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Barak Orbach and Lindsey Huang
University of Arizona and Perkins Coie LLP
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Confidence Games, Con Men, Opportunism, Fraud, Donald Trump

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Antitrust Populism

14 New York University Journal of Law & Business 1 (2017), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 17-14
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2018
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, populism, Brandeis, Chicago School of Antitrust

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Arming States’ Rights: Federalism, Private Lawmakers, and the Battering Ram Strategy

Arizona Law Review, Vol 52, p. 1161, 2010, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 10-36
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2010
Barak Orbach, Kathleen S. Callahan and Lisa M. Lindemenn
University of Arizona, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Students and Independent
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Commerce Clause, Tenth Amendment, Second Amendment, Tea Party, Firearms Freedom Act

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The Johnson-Jeffries Fight and Censorship of Black Supremacy

5 NYU Journal of Law & Liberty 270 (2010), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No 10-09
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2015
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Boxing, Prizefighting, Motion Picture Industry, Censorship, Black Supremacy, Race

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Prizefighting and the Birth of Movie Censorship

Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Vol. 21, p. 251, 2009, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No 09-08
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2009
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Censorship, Regulation, Self Regulation, Social Regulation, Preference Shaping, Motion Pictures, Boxing

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The New Regulatory Era - An Introduction

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 559, 2009, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 09-30
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2009
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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regulation, regulatory state, paternalism

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Indirect Free Riding on the Wheels of Commerce: Dual-Use Technologies and Copyright Liability

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 409-461, 2008
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2008
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Copyright, Indirect Liability, Contributory Liability, Vicarious Liability, Multisided Markets, Indirect Network Externalities, Dual-Use Technologies

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How Antitrust Lost Its Goal

81 Fordham Law Review 2253 (2013), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-05
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2013
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, competition law, goals, consumer welfare, Robert Bork, competition

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The Image Theory: RPM and the Allure of High Prices

Antitrust Bulletin, 2010, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No 09-39
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 18 May 2010
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, RPM, Resale Price Maintenance,Trademarks, Luxury Goods, Status Goods

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Unwelcome Benefits: Why Welfare Beneficiaries Reject Government Aid?

Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Vol. 24, No. 107, 2006
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2008
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Welfare Programs, Poverty Laws, Redistribution, Consumer Choice

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Was the Crisis in Antitrust a Trojan Horse?

79 Antitrust Law Journal 881 (2014), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-48
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2014
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Robert Bork, Goals of Antitrust, Consumer Welfare, Efficiency, Errors, Mistakes

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Excessive Speech, Civility Norms, and the Clucking Theorem

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2011, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-01
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2011
Barak Orbach and Frances R. Sjoberg
University of Arizona and University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law
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Coase Theorem, Legal Transitions, Civility Norms, Reforms, Property Rights, Liability Rights, Neighbor Disputes

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Debating Over Backyard Chickens

CONNtemplations, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2012, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-02
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2012
Barak Orbach and Frances R. Sjoberg
University of Arizona and University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law
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Coase Theorem, Legal Transitions, Property Rights, Liability Rules, Neighbor Disputes, Civility Norms

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D&O Liability for Antitrust Violations

59 Santa Clara Law Review 527 (2020), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 20-05
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, Personal Liability, Oversight Liability, Fiduciary Duties

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Antitrust Energy

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 85, 2012, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 12-15
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 May 2012
Barak Orbach and D. Daniel Sokol
University of Arizona and USC Gould School of Law
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antitrust, standard oil, monopolization, legal history, economic history

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Antitrust in the Shadow of Market Disruptions

34(3) Antitrust 32 (2020) , Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 20-22 (2020)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, competition policy, Covid-19, technological change, market disruptions

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Antitrust's Pursuit of Purpose

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 8, p. 2151, 2013, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-22
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Apr 2013
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, competition, Robert Bork, consumer welfare

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Invisible Lawmaking

79 University of Chicago Law Review 1 (2012), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 12-32
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2013
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Private Lawmaking, Rent Seeking, Citizens United, Marketplace of Ideas, Regulation

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Censoring Crimes

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 29, p. 251, 2011, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-11
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2011
Barak Orbach and Allison S. Woolston
University of Arizona and University of Arizona
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Motion Picture Industry, Censorship, First Amendment, Child Pornography, Crush Videos

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The Durability of Formalism in Antitrust

100 Iowa Law Review 2197 (2015), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 15-25
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Jul 2015
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, formalism, presumptions

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The Present New Antitrust Era

Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 18-37, 60 William & Mary Law Review 1439 (2019)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, fairness, laissez-faire, technocracy

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The Consumer Welfare Controversy

CPI Antitrust Chronical, Nov. 2019, at 22, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 19-27
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Nov 2019
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, competition policy, consumer welfare

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The Paramount Decrees: Lessons for the Future

19 Antitrust Source, no. 5, 2020, at 1., Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 20-19
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Apr 2020
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, consent decrees, motion picture industry, remedies

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Antitrust Stare Decisis

15 Antitrust Source, No. 1, p. 1, 2015, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 15-34
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2015
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, stare decisis

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Anything, Anytime, Anywhere: Is Antitrust Ready for Flexible Market Arrangements?

20(5) Antitrust Source 1 (2021), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 21-05
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, flexible market arrangements, FMAs, digital platforms, work from home, digital revolution, New Economy, antitrust litigation

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Interstate Circuit and Conspiracy Theories

2019 University of Illinois Law Review 1447 (2019), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 19-02
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2020
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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antitrust, interstate circuit, conspiracy inference, motion picture industry

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Mandated Neutrality, Platforms, and Ecosystems

Pinar Akman et al., Research Handbook on Abuse of Dominance and Monopolization (Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2022), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 21-28
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Dec 2021
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Digital intermediaries, digital platforms, digital ecosystems, gatekeepers, stakeholder capitalism, duties to deal, mandated neutrality standards, MNS

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On Hubris, Civility, and Incivility

54 Arizona Law Review 443 (2012), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 12-14
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 02 May 2012
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Hubris, Excessive Confidence, Civility, Incivility, Confirmation Bias, Risk Perceptions, Financial Bubbles, Group Delusions, Law and Society

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Tracking Giants: Professor Hovenkamp and Impact Metrics

Herbert Hovenkamp Liber Amicorum (Nicolas Charbit ed., forthcoming)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 May 2020
Jane O'Connell, Barak Orbach and D. Daniel Sokol
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Arizona and USC Gould School of Law
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A State of Inaction: Regulatory Preferences, Rent, and Income Inequality

16 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 45 (2015), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 14-31
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2015
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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regulation, income inequality, action, inaction

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The Fight of the Century: On the Exploitation of Social Divides

14 NYU Journal of Law & Liberty 163 (2020), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 21-03
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 03 May 2021
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Jim Crow Laws, Jim Crow era, social divides, racial divides, exploitation, race, boxing, profitable polarization, fight films

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Middlemen Forever: Competition and Opportunism in the Digital Economy

4 Concurrences 30 (Nov. 2021), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 21-26
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 30 Nov 2021
Barak Orbach
University of Arizona
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Antitrust, digital economy, digital platforms, digital ecosystems, digital intermediaries, online platforms, online economy, online monopolies, monopolization