Call for League of Ireland Clubs to Agree Minimum Transfer Fees for Selling Players.

Today’s Irish Times contains an interesting story which claims that Bohemians had called on other League of Ireland soccer clubs “to enter a ‘collective agreement’ that establishes a base level on transfer fees.” This move is supposedly designed to reduce the outflow of players from League of Ireland clubs to overseas, mainly UK, clubs. A …

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Are Rugby Teams Maximisers?

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Last weekend France beat Ireland 30-24 in Paris in the second round of this year’s Six Nations rugby championship. The following night the Los Angeles Rams won the Superbowl with a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The connection? A paper published in the Journal of Political Economy back in 2006. 72 minutes into the …

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2021 – A busy year for mergers

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2021 Saw Big Jump in Merger Notifications. The number of mergers notified to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) increased significantly in 2021. The CCPC’s Mergers & Acquisitions Report for the year, which was published earlier this month, reveals that 81 mergers were notified to it last year, compared with 41 in 2020. The …

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News Archive 2022

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Previous years 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 For Pre 2011 stories go to the Compecon Newsletter Archive. Check out our Competition Economics Blog. January Dublin 4th January – CCPC Publishes Mergers & Acquisitions Report 2021. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission published its 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Report. The …

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US Court Dismisses Facebook Antitrust Case

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On 29th June, a US District Court summarily dismissed two antitrust cases brought against Facebook, one by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the other by 46 individual States. The court ruled that the states’ case which sought to challenge Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and Whats App in 2014 were out of time. …

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Why Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol is a Bad Idea

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What is Minimum Unit Pricing? On 5th May the Government announced that minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol will comeinto force from January next. MUP sets a floor price below which alcohol cannot legally be sold.Section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 set the MUP at 10c per gram of alcohol.However, this provision …

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Competition Law and the European Super League

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What Was The European Super League? * The Economics Of Professional Sports * Competition Law And Sports * Why Can’t I Watch All The Matches On One Channel?