
Compass Lexecon
One of the world’s leading economic consulting firms, Compass Lexecon provides law firms, corporations, and government clients with clear analysis of complex issues. We have been involved in a broad spectrum of matters related to economics and finance – providing critical insight in legal and regulatory proceedings, strategic decisions, and public policy debates. Our experience and expertise apply to virtually any question of economics, in virtually any context of the law or business, and in any industry. At Compass Lexecon, we believe that critical economic issues – whether in connection with litigation, regulatory review, strategic planning, or other corporate activities – are best understood when subjected to a rigorous empirical analysis. Our firm is known for developing a thorough understanding of the issues that face our clients, relating those issues to relevant economic theory, and then supporting our analysis with solid and persuasive empirical evidence.
2023 Awards
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How to better assess whether sustainability agreements are beneficialCompass Lexecon, Nadine Watson, March 2022, The Analysis
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How to make sensible merger policies?Network Law Review, Dennis Carlton, September 2022
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Mind the Consumer Behaviour: Overcoming Consumer Biases in the Assessment of Sustainability Cooperation AgreementsBusiness Law International, Alejandro Guerrero and Frédéric Palomino, September 2022, Volume 23, Issue 3
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What do markups tell us about competition and merger control in Europe?The Analysis (Compass Lexecon), Ian Small, November 2022
2022 Awards
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A Retrospective Analysis of the AT&T/Time Warner MergerJournal of Law and Economics, Dennis Carlton, Georgi Giozov, Mark Israel and Allan Shampine (forthcoming in 2022)
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Analysing EC merger decisions how well has the European Commission’s merger process balanced accuracy and speed?Compass Lexecon, Rashid Muhamedrahimov and Andrew Tuffin, 9 April 2021, Highlights
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Competitive Effects of Price Parity AgreementsCompass Lexecon, Salvatore Piccolo and Kadambari Prasad, 15 November 2021, The Analysis
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Convergence or divergence: How does China analyse innovation concerns in merger review?Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Rachel Brandenburger, Kun Huang and Elizabeth Xiao-Ru Wang, 2 September 2021
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Either with us or against us: Experimental evidence on partial cartelsTheory and Decision , Georg Clemens and Holger Rau, 23 September 2021
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Innovation under section 2 of the Sherman ActAntitrust Law Journal, Richard Gilbert and Douglas Melamed, 1 November 2021, Volume 84
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Market definition in principle and practiceCompass Lexecon, Joe Perkins, 15 November 2021, The Analysis
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Tech’s Impact on Financial Services CompetitionConcurrences Review, Richard S. Taffet, Katie Glynn, Jonathan M. Jacobson, Linda Cenedella, Joanna Christoforou, Nicholas Pellow, Jon R. Roellke, Jorge Padilla, Albert Riera, Xavier Vives, Marc Rysman and Rainer Schwabe, November 2021, N° 4-2021
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The competitive implications of private label mergersAntitrust Law Journal, Matt Schmitt and Loren Smith, June 2021, Volume 83, Issue 3
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The new Brandeis movement and international antitrust enforcementProMarket, Yair Eilat, 16 November 2021
2021 Awards
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Analyzing vertical mergers: Accounting for the unilateral effects tradeoff and thinking holistically about efficienciesUniversity of Florida Levin College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series Paper/George Mason Law Review, Roger D. Blair, Christine S. Wilson, D. Daniel Sokol, Keith Klovers and Jeremy A. Sandford, No. 20-35/Volume 27, Issue 3
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Balancing incentives to innovate in upstream wireless technology markets with exit concerns in midstream component product marketsKoren W. Wong-Ervin and Jorge Padilla, An antitrust professor on the bench Liber Amicorum volume II, Book chapter, Concurrences Books, December 9, 2020
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Dominance and market definition in the pharmaceutical industry following the ECJ Paroxetine judgmentJournal of European Competition Law & Practice, Damien Neven and Georges Siotis, Volume 11, Issue 3-4
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Oligopoly coordination, economic analysis, and the prophylactic role of horizontal merger enforcementUniversity of Pennsylvania Law Review, Jonathan Baker and Joseph Farrell, May 19, 2020, Volume 168, Issue 7
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Pre-empting the entry of near perfect substitutesJournal of Competition Law & Economics, March 2021, Volume 17, Issue 1, Vilen Lipatov, Damien Neven and Georges Siotis
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Reduced demand uncertainty and the sustainability of collusion: How AI could affect competitionInformations and Economics Policy, Jason O’Connor and Nathan E. Wilson, March 2021, Volume 54
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Self-preferencing in markets with vertically-integrated gatekeeper platformsCSEF Working Papers, Jorge Padilla, Joe Perkins and Salvatore Piccolo, 28 September, 2020
2020 Awards
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An economic approach to antitrust analysis of discriminatory licensing, grantbacks and cross-licenses, no-challenge clauses, and patent thicketsJorge Padilla and Koren Wong-Ervin, Concurrences N° 3-2019 l pp. 44-51
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Are legacy airline mergers pro- or anti-competitive? Evidence from recent U.S. airline mergersDennis W. Carlton, Ian MacSwain, Mark A. Israel and Eugene Orlov, International Journal of Industrial Organization 62 (2019) 58–95.
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Big Tech BankingJorge Padilla and Miguel de la Mano, Journal of Competition Law & Economics, Volume 14, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 494–526, April 2019
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Competitive Edge: Revitalizing U.S. antitrust enforcement is not simply a contest between Brandeis and Bork—look first to Thurman ArnoldJonathan Baker, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Blog, January 31 2019
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Five Principles for Vertical Merger Enforcement PolicyNancy Rose, Fiona M. Scott-Morton, Jonathan Baker and Steven C. Salop, Antitrust, Vol. 33, No. 3, Summer 2019
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Four Key Aspects of the Tronox/Cristal LitigationDominic Vote, Nicholas D. Hill and Nathan Wilson, The Antitrust Source, October 2019
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Means and Ends in Competition Law EnforcementJohn Davies, Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum, 2019
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Transaction costs and competition policyDennis W. Carlton, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Forthcoming, 2020