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Michael Salinger
Jacqueline and Arthur Bahr Professor in Markets, Public Policy & Law, Markets, Public Policy, and Law
Education
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982
BA, Yale University, 1978
Publications
Salinger, M. (In Press). “A Simultaneous Moves Approach to the Simple Complicated Economics of Vertical Mergers”, Review of Industrial Organization
Salinger, M. (In Press). “Self-Preferencing”, SSRN Electronic Journal
Salinger, M. (2023). “Self-Preferencing”, Direito Público, 20 (107)
Salinger, M. (2023). “Product Offering Complexity: Implications for Tying Doctrine”, SSRN Electronic Journal
Salinger, M. (2021). “The New Vertical Merger Guidelines: Muddying the Waters”, Review of Industrial Organization
Salinger, M. (2020). “Price Gouging and the COVID-19 Crisis – This Time Is (a Little) Different”, Anti-Trust Chronicle
Frey, N., Matin, S., Stanley, H., Salinger, M. (2019). “Universal Fluctuations in Growth Dynamics of Economic Systems”, Scientific Reports, 9
Salinger, M. (2018). “Net Innovation Pressure in Merger Analysis”,
Gouri, G., Salinger, M. (2018). “Protecting Competition vs. Protecting Competitors: Assessing the Antitrust Complaints against Google”, The Criterion Journal on Innovation, 2 531-558
Buldyrev, S., Salinger, M., Stanley, H. (2016). “A statistical physics implementation of Coase?s theory of the firm”, Research in Economics, 70 (4), 536-557
Layne-Farrar, A., Salinger, M. (2016). “Bundling of RAND-committed patents”, Research Policy, 45 (6), 1155-1164
Salinger, M., Levinson, R. (2015). “Economics and the FTC’s Google Investigation”, Review of Industrial Organization, 46 (1), 25-57
Salinger, M. (2014). Vertical Mergers.”The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics”, Oxford University Press, USA
Levinson, R., Salinger, M. (2014). “Economic Considerations Raised by the Federal Trade Commission’s Investigation of Google’s Search Practices”, Competition Policy International, 10 (2), 103-117
Salinger, M. (2014). “Panel Discussion|The Insights of Joseph Brodley’s Scholarship for the Current Debates over the Antitrust Treatment of Single-Firm Conduct”, Boston University Law Review [00068047], 90 (4)
Salinger, M., Ampudia, M. (2012). Inventories and Stock-out Costs in the Price-Setting Newsvendor: An Economic Interpretation.”Handbook of Newsvendor Problems: Models, Extensions and Applications”, Springer Science & Business Media 163-175
Salinger, M., Ampudia, M. (2011). “Simple Economics of the Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem”, Management Science, 57 (11), 1996-1998
Salinger, M. (2011). “The 2010 Revised Merger Guidelines and Modern Industrial Economics”, Review of Industrial Organization, 39 (1-2), 159-168
Salinger, M. (2011). “Discussion of Papers by Bruce Owen and Christopher Yoo”, Review of Industrial Organization, 38 (4), 435-440
Salinger, M. (2010). “The Insights of Joseph Brodley’s Scholarship for the Current Debates Over the Antitrust Treatment of Single-Firm Conduct”, Boston University Law Review, 90 (4), 1543-1554
Salinger, M. (2010). “Behavioral Economics, Consumer Protection, and Antitrust”, Competition Policy International, 6 (1), 65-86
Salinger, M. (2008). Business Justification Defenses in Tying Cases.”Issues in Competition Law and Policy”, ABA Antitrust Section 1911-1928
Anderson, K., Durbin, E., Salinger, M. (2008). “Identity Theft”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22 (2), 171-192
(2008). “Introduction to chapters VII and IX of Augustin Cournot, Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth”, Competition Policy International, 4 (1), 275-282
Evans, D., Salinger, M. (2008). “The Role of Cost in Determining When Firms Offer Bundles”, Journal of Industrial Economics, 56 (1), 143-168
Salinger, M., Ippolito, P., Schrag, J. (2007). “Economics at the FTC: Pharmaceutical Patent Dispute Settlements and Behavioral Economics”, Review of Industrial Organization, 31 (2), 85-105
Baumol, W., Blaydon, C., Cicchetti, C., Stulz, R., Dubin, J., Fisher, F., Hahn, R., Hausman, J., Hogan, W., Kalt, J., Kleindorfer, P., Michaels, R., Owen, B., Pirrong, C., Salinger, M., Shavell, S., Smith, V., Sweeney, J., Willig, R., Wolfram, C. (2007). “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 (07)
Salinger, M. (2007). “The Legacy of Matsushita”, The Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, 38 (3), 475-490
Salinger, M., Anderson, K., Garmon, C., Schmidt, D., Yun, J. (2006). “Economics at the FTC: Data Intensive Mergers and Policy R&D”, Review of Industrial Organization, 29 (4), 327-348
Fu, D., Buldyrev, S., Salinger, M., Stanley, H. (2006). “Percolation Model for Growth Rates of Aggregates and its Application for Business Firm Growth”, Physical Review E, 74 (3)
Evans, D., Padilla, J., Salinger, M. (2006). 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
Salinger, M., Evans, D. (2005). Curing Sinus Headaches and Tying Law: An Empirical Analysis of Bundling Decongestants and Pain Relievers.”Recent Developments in Antitrust: Theory and Evidence”, MIT Press
Stanley, H., Amaral, L., Buldyrev, S., Gopikrishnan, P., Plerou, V., Salinger, M. (2002). “Self-organized complexity in economics and finance”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 99 2561-2565
Hylton, K., Salinger, M. (2002). “Reply to Grimes: Illusory distinctions and schisms in tying law”, ANTITRUST LAW JOURNAL, 70 (1), 231-246
Hylton, K., Salinger, M. (2001). “Tying law and policy: A decision-theoretic approach”, Antitrust Law Journal, 69 (2), 469-526
Salinger, M. (1998). “Regulating prices to equal forward-looking costs: Cost-based prices or price-based costs?”, JOURNAL OF REGULATORY ECONOMICS, 14 (2), 149-163
Amaral, L., Buldyrev, S., Havlin, S., Salinger, M., Stanley, H. (1998). “Power law scaling for a system of interacting units with complex internal structure”, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 80 (7), 1385-1388
Amaral, L., Buldyrev, S., Havlin, S., Maass, P., Salinger, M., Stanley, H., Stanley, M. (1997). “Scaling behavior in economics: The problem of quantifying company growth”, PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 244 (1-4), 1-24
Buldyrev, S., Amaral, L., Havlin, S., Leschhorn, H., Maass, P., Salinger, M., Stanley, H., Stanley, M. (1997). “Scaling behavior in economics .2. Modeling of company growth”, JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE I, 7 (4), 635-650
Amaral, L., Buldyrev, S., Havlin, S., Leschhorn, H., Maass, P., Salinger, M., Stanley, H., Stanley, M. (1997). “Scaling behavior in economics .1. Empirical results for company growth”, JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE I, 7 (4), 621-633
Buldyrev, S., Leschhorn, H., Maass, P., Stanley, H., Stanley, M., Amaral, L., Havlin, S., Salinger, M. (1997). “Scaling behavior in economics: empirical results and modeling of company growth”, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS, 134 145-174
Stanley, M., Amaral, L., Buldyrev, S., Havlin, S., Leschhorn, H., Maass, P., Salinger, M., Stanley, H. (1996). “Scaling behaviour in the growth of companies”, NATURE, 379 (6568), 804-806
Salinger, M.”Comments on the DOJ and FTC Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines”,