Microsoft, Antitrust and the New Economy: Selected Essays

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • David S. Evans

   Pages 1-22

3. U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.: The Economics

   1. An Analysis of the Government’s Economic Case in U.S. v. Microsoft Corp

      • David S. Evans, Albert L. Nichols, Richard Schmalensee

      Pages 23-92

   2. Why Does Microsoft Charge So Little for Windows?

      • Bernard Reddy, David S. Evans, Albert L. Nichols

      Pages 93-125

   3. U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.: Remedy or Malady?

      • Kenneth G. Elzinga, David S. Evans, Albert L. Nichols

      Pages 127-191

   4. DOS Kapital: Has Antitrust Action Against Microsoft Created Value in the Computer Industry?

      • George Bittlingmayer, Thomas W. Hazlett

      Pages 193-219

   5. The Price of Unanimity: The D.C. Circuit’s Incoherent Opinion in U.S. v. Microsoft Corp.

      • John E. Lopatka, William H. Page

      Pages 221-237

   6. Judicial Misconduct and the Microsoft Case

      • Leonard Orland

      Pages 239-251

4. Antitrust Policy and the New Economy

   1. Antitrust and the New Economy

      • David S. Evans

      Pages 253-264

   2. The Rise and Fall of Leaders in Personal Computer Software

      • David S. Evans, Albert L. Nichols, Bernard Reddy

      Pages 265-285

   3. The Failure of Structural Remedies in Sherman Act Monopolization Cases

      • Robert W. Crandall

      Pages 287-359

   4. Economic Perspectives on Software Design: PC Operating Systems and Platforms

      • Steven J. Davis, Jack MacCrisken, Kevin M. Murphy

      Pages 361-419

   5. Preserving Competition: Economic Analysis, Legal Standards, and Microsoft

      • Ronald A. Cass, Keith N. Hylton

      Pages 421-462

   6. The Returns to Investments in Innovative Activities: An Overview and an Analysis of the Software Industry

      • Josh Lerner

      Pages 463-486

No antitrust case in recent history has attracted as much public attention as U.S v. Microsoft Corp. Nor has any antitrust case in memory raised as many complex, substantive issues of law, economics and public policy. Microsoft, Antitrust and the New Economy: Selected Essays constitutes an early effort to analyze some of the central issues and to put the case in the context of the ongoing debate over the role of government in managing markets - especially in technology driven New Economy industries.
All of these essays, it should be noted, are written by critics of the government's efforts to regulate Microsoft. Indeed, many are by individuals who were closely involved in the company's legal defense and served as consultants to Microsoft. But their work should be judged on the merits rather than their provenance. For all represent serious scholarship by researchers committed to advancing the debate over government regulatory policies.

• Aging
• Microsoft
• competition
• economics
• economy
• investment
• new economy
• operating system
• public policy
• rating
• research
• science and technology
• software
• trust

• National Economic Research Associates, USA

  David S. Evans

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