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50
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25668
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1344
National Ranking
812

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Joseph Farrell is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Business, Management and Accounting. The subfields where they have contributed include Anthropology, Classics, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and Archeology.

The main topics of Farrell's work address various areas such as Classical Antiquity Studies, Medieval Literature and History, Historical and Literary Studies, Merger and Competition Analysis, Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies, Digital Platforms and Economics, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Farrell include Cynthia Damon, Jonathan B. Baker, Carl Shapiro, Andrew I. Gavil, and Martin Gaynor.

Their publications have appeared primarily in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Industrial Organization
  • Translation and Literature
  • História (São Paulo)
  • Biophysical Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Farrell include:

  • Natural Oligopoly Responses, Repeated Games, and Coordinated Effects in Merger Analysis: A Perspective and Research Agenda, 2021, Review of Industrial Organization
  • The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines After 10 Years, 2021, Review of Industrial Organization

Other relevant publications, co-authored with Jonathan B. Baker, include:

  • Oligopoly Coordination, Economic Analysis, and the Prophylactic Role of Horizontal Merger Enforcement, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Joint Response to the House Judiciary Committee on the State of Antitrust Law and Implications for Protecting Competition in Digital Markets, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Natural Oligopoly Responses, Repeated Games, and Coordinated Effects in Merger Analysis: A Perspective and Research Agenda, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Farrell has also contributed to book publications through publishers such as Princeton University Press and Johns Hopkins University. Titles include "Juno's Aeneid" and "Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity," both published in 2021.

Their work has been recognized with membership in the Fellows of the Econometric Society since 2002.

Best Publications

  • Standardization, compatibility, and innovation

    Joseph von R. Farrell;Garth Saloner

  • Horizontal Mergers: An Equilibrium Analysis

    Joseph Farrell;Carl Shapiro

  • Coordination and Lock-In: Competition with Switching Costs and Network Effects

    Joseph Farrell;Paul Klemperer

  • Installed base and compatibility : innovation, product preannouncements and predation

    Joseph Farrell;Garth Saloner

  • Horizontal Mergers: An Equilibrium Analysis

    Joseph Farrell;Carl Shapiro

  • Choosing How to Compete: Strategies and Tactics in Standardization

    Stanley M. Besen;Joseph Farrell

  • Coordination Through Committees and Markets

    Joseph Farrell;Garth Saloner

  • Coordination and Lock-In: Competition with Switching Costs and Network Effects

    Joseph Farrell;Paul Klemperer

  • Cheap Talk

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  • Renegotiation in repeated games

    Joseph Farrell;Eric Maskin

  • Information and the Coase Theorem

    Joseph Farrell

  • Coordination Through Committees and Markets

    Joseph Farrell;Garth Saloner

  • Cheap Talk, Coordination, and Entry

    Joseph Farrell

  • Meaning and Credibility in Cheap-Talk Games

    Joseph Farrell

  • Converters, Compatibility, and the Control of Interfaces

    Joseph Farrell

  • Dynamic Competition with Switching Costs

    Joseph Farrell;Carl Shapiro

  • The Economics of Information Technology: An Introduction

    Hal R. Varian;Joseph Farrell;Carl Shapiro

  • STANDARD SETTING, PATENTS, AND HOLD-UP

    Joseph Farrell;John Hayes;Carl Shapiro;Theresa Sullivan

  • CHEAP TALK WITH TWO AUDIENCES

    Joseph Farrell;Robert Gibbons

  • Antitrust Evaluation of Horizontal Mergers: An Economic Alternative to Market Definition

    Joseph Farrell;Carl Shapiro

  • Converters, Compatibility, and the Control of Interfaces

    Joseph Farrell;Garth Saloner

  • Cheap Talk with Two Audiences

    Joseph Farrell;Robert Gibbons

  • Second-Sourcing as a Commitment: Monopoly Incentives to Attract Competition

    Joseph Farrell;Nancy T. Gallini

  • Cheap talk can matter in bargaining

    Joseph Farrell;Robert Gibbons

  • Information and the Coase Theorem

    Joseph Farrell

  • Decentralization, Duplication, and Delay

    Patrick Bolton;Joseph Farrell

  • The Economics Of Information Technology

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  • Coordination and Lock-In: Competition with Switching Costs and Network Effects - eScholarship

    Joseph Farrell;Paul Klemperer

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Shapiro
Carl Shapiro University of California, Berkeley
Michael L. Katz
Michael L. Katz University of California, Berkeley
Severin Borenstein
Severin Borenstein University of California, Berkeley
Paul Klemperer
Paul Klemperer University of Oxford
Hal R. Varian
Hal R. Varian Google (United States)
Richard J. Gilbert
Richard J. Gilbert University of California, Berkeley
Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Martin Gaynor
Martin Gaynor Carnegie Mellon University
Eddie Dekel
Eddie Dekel Northwestern University
Robert P. Merges
Robert P. Merges University of California, Berkeley

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