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Postal address:Economic Analysis Group Antitrust Division US Department of Justice BICN 10-000 Washington, DC 20530
Workplace:Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Government of the United States, (more information at EDIRC)
New Economic School (NES), (more information at EDIRC)

Russell Pittman edits the NEP report on Industrial Competition.

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Working Papers

2021

  1. On the Economics of the Restructuring of World Railways, with a Focus on Russia
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Man and the Economy (2020)
  2. Three Economist’s Tools for Antitrust and Merger Analysis: Case Applications
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (1)

2020

  1. A Note on Antitrust, Labor, and “No Cold Call” Agreements in Silicon Valley
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads

2019

  1. The Effectiveness of EC Policies to Move Freight from Road to Rail: Evidence from CEE Grain Markets
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2019) Downloads

2018

  1. Does Market Competition Dampen Environmental Performance? Evidence from China
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Journal Article in Strategic Management Journal (2018)
  2. Pricing of Complements in the U.S. Freight Railroads: Cournot Versus Coase
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2018) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Restructuring the Chinese Freight Railway: Two Scenarios
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads

2017

  1. Royalty stacking in the U.S. freight railroads: Cournot vs. Coase
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  2. Three Economist’s Tools for Antitrust Analysis: A Non-Technical Introduction
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2017) Downloads

    See also Chapter (2018)

2016

  1. Reforming and Restructuring Ukrzaliznytsia: A Crucial Task for Ukrainian Reformers
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  2. The Strange Career of Independent Voting Trusts in U.S. Rail Mergers
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2016) Downloads

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Competition Law and Economics (2017)

2013

  1. The Economics of Railways Restructuring in South Korea
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads

2012

  1. The Proposed Merger of AT&T and T-Mobile: Are There Unexhausted Scale Economies in U.S. Mobile Telephony?
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2012) Downloads

2011

  1. Abuse of collective dominance under the competition law of the Russian Federation
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Blame the Switchman? Russian Railways Restructuring After Ten Years
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (1)

2010

  1. Against the Stand-Alone-Cost Test in U.S. Freight Rail Regulation
    EAG Competition Advocacy Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Regulatory Economics (2010)

2009

  1. Competition Issues in Restructuring Ports and Railways, Including Brief Consideration of these Sectors in India
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Railway Mergers and Railway Alliances: Competition Issues and Lessons for Other Network Industries
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Competition and Regulation in Network Industries (2009)
  3. Who Are You Calling Irrational? Marginal Costs, Variable Costs, and the Pricing Practices of Firms
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (3)

2008

  1. Electricity Reform in Romania
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Utilities Policy (2009)
  2. Electricity Reform in Serbia
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Utilities Policy (2009)
  3. Electricity Restructuring in China: The Elusive Quest for Competition
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (4)
  4. Organisation and Reforms of the Electricity Sector in Slovenia
    Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Downloads
    See also Journal Article in Utilities Policy (2009)

2007

  1. Consumer Surplus as the Appropriate Standard for Antitrust Enforcement
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (34)
  2. Railroad Restructuring in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: One Solution for All Problems?
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (11)
    Also in Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany (2005) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article in Transport Reviews (2006)
  3. Will the Train Ever Leave the Station? The Private Provision of Freight Railway Service in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads View citations (1)

2006

  1. Abuse of Dominance Enforcement under Latin American Competition Laws
    EAG Discussions Papers, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division Downloads
    See also Chapter (2006)

2003

  1. A Note on Non-Discriminatory Access to Railroad Infrastructure
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (3)

2002

  1. Chinese Railway Reform and Competition: Vertical or Horizontal Restructuring?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  2. Railways Reform in Brazil
    ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles View citations (1)

2001

  1. Competition Policy for Natural Monopolies in a Developing Market Economy
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (6)
  2. Privatization and Regulatory Reform in Brazil: The Case of Freight Railways
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (16)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division (2000) View citations (6)

    See also Journal Article in Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade (2001)
  3. Railway Competition: Options for the Russian Federation
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (3)
  4. Restructuring the Polish Railway for Competition
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division (1993)
  5. Some Critical Provisions in the Antimonopoly Laws of Central and Eastern Europe
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division (1991)
  6. Vertical Restructuring of the Infrastructure Sectors of Transition Economies
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (5)

2000

  1. Do Newspaper JOA's Charge Monopoly Advertising Rates? Theory and Evidence
    Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division

1997

  1. Competition Law in Central Eastern Europe: Five Years Later
    Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division View citations (5)

1992

  1. Competition Policies for Natural Monopolies in a Developing Countries
    Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division

1990

  1. SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS, CONTRACTS, AND OPPORTUNISM: THE EVOLUTION OF RAILROAD SIDETRACK AGREEMENTS
    Working Papers, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law and Economics (1992)

Journal Articles

2022

  1. The Year in Review: Economics at the Antitrust Division 2021–2022
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2022, 61, (4), 439-447 Downloads

2020

  1. On the Economics of Restructuring World Railways, with a Focus on Russia
    Man and the Economy, 2020, 7, (2), 25 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2021)

2019

  1. THE RESPONSE OF STATE‐OWNED ENTERPRISES TO IMPORT COMPETITION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE MANUFACTURING FIRMS
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2019, 90, (4), 577-613 Downloads View citations (3)

2018

  1. Does market competition dampen environmental performance? Evidence from China
    Strategic Management Journal, 2018, 39, (11), 3006-3030 Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper (2018)
  2. Economics at the Antitrust Division: 2017–2018
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, 53, (4), 637-651 Downloads

2017

  1. THE STRANGE CAREER OF INDEPENDENT VOTING TRUSTS IN U.S. RAIL MERGERS
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2017, 13, (1), 89-102 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2016)
  2. The Underappreciated Connection between Rail Restructuring Strategies and Financing
    Review of Network Economics, 2017, 16, (2), 161-169 Downloads View citations (1)

2015

  1. Railways Restructuring and Ukrainian Economic Reform
    Man and the Economy, 2015, 2, (1), 87-107 Downloads View citations (1)

2013

  1. AT&T AND T-MOBILE: ECONOMIES AS AN ANTITRUST DEFENSE APPLIED
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2013, 9, (1), 49-63 Downloads View citations (5)

2011

  1. Risk-averse restructuring of freight railways in China
    Utilities Policy, 2011, 19, (3), 152-160 Downloads View citations (8)

2010

  1. Against the stand-alone-cost test in U.S. freight rail regulation
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2010, 38, (3), 313-326 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
  2. ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING IN CHINA: HOW COMPETITIVE WILL GENERATION MARKETS BE?
    The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2010, 55, (02), 377-400 Downloads View citations (8)

2009

  1. Electricity reform in Romania
    Utilities Policy, 2009, 17, (1), 114-124 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
  2. Electricity reform in Serbia
    Utilities Policy, 2009, 17, (1), 125-133 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
  3. Organisation and reforms of the electricity sector in Slovenia
    Utilities Policy, 2009, 17, (1), 134-143 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
  4. Prospects for integration and liberalisation in South East Europe's electricity market
    Utilities Policy, 2009, 17, (1), 1-3 Downloads
  5. Railway Mergers and Railway Alliances: Competition Issues and Lessons for Other Network Industries
    Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 2009, 10, (3), 259-279 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2007

  1. COMPETITION IN FREIGHT RAILWAYS: “ABOVE-THE-RAIL” OPERATORS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND RUSSIA
    Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2007, 3, (4), 673-687 Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Make or buy on the Russian railway? Coase, Williamson, and Tsar Nicholas II
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2007, 40, (3), 207-221 Downloads View citations (6)
  3. Options for Restructuring the State-Owned Monopoly Railway
    Research in Transportation Economics, 2007, 20, (1), 179-198 Downloads View citations (14)
  4. Restructuring the Russian electricity sector: Re-creating California?
    Energy Policy, 2007, 35, (3), 1872-1883 Downloads View citations (13)
  5. Vienna & Chicago: Friends or Foes? A Tale of Two Schools of Free-Market Economics
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2007, 41, (3), 896-898 Downloads

2006

  1. Railroad Restructuring in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe: One Solution for All Problems?
    Transport Reviews, 2006, 27, (3), 251-271 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2005

  1. Preţuri interne excesive care subvenţionează preţuri scăzute la export – o analiză pe baza legii concurenţei din România
    Revista OEconomica, 2005, (01) Downloads
  2. Structural Separation to Create Competition? The Case of Freight Railways
    Review of Network Economics, 2005, 4, (3), 1-16 Downloads View citations (40)

2004

  1. Chinese Railway Reform and Competition: Lessons from the Experience in Other Countries
    Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2004, 38, (2), 309-332 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Russian Railways Reform and the Problem of Non‐discriminatory Access to Infrastructure
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2004, 75, (2), 167-192 Downloads View citations (6)

2003

  1. Do Newspaper JOAs Charge Monopoly Advertising Rates?
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2003, 22, (2), 121-138 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Vertical Restructuring (or Not) of the Infrastructure Sectors of Transition Economies
    Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2003, 3, (1), 5-26 Downloads View citations (26)

2001

  1. Privatization and Regulatory Reform in Brazil: The Case of Freight Railways
    Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2001, 1, (2), 203-235 Downloads View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2000

  1. Money for Nothing: Politicians, Rent Extraction, and Political Extortion. Fred S. McChesney
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2000, 16, (4), 427-431 Downloads

1996

  1. Industrial demonopolization and competition policy in Poland and Hungary’: a comment
    The Economics of Transition, 1996, 4, (2), 491-495 Downloads

1994

  1. Competition policy for natural monopolies in a developing market economy1
    The Economics of Transition, 1994, 2, (3), 317-343 Downloads View citations (4)

1992

  1. Specific Investments, Contracts, and Opportunism: The Evolution of Railroad Sidetrack Agreements
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1992, 34, (2), 565-89 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1990

  1. Railroads and Competition: The Santa Fe/Southern Pacific Merger Proposal
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1990, 39, (1), 25-46 Downloads View citations (18)
  2. The divergence of SIC industries from antitrust markets: Indications from Justice Department merger cases
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (3), 283-286 Downloads View citations (11)

1988

  1. Rent-seeking and market structure: Comment
    Public Choice, 1988, 58, (2), 173-185 Downloads View citations (17)

1984

  1. Predatory investment U.S. vs. IBM
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1984, 2, (4), 341-365 Downloads View citations (4)

1983

  1. Multilateral Productivity Comparisons with Undesirable Outputs
    Economic Journal, 1983, 93, (372), 883-91 Downloads View citations (188)

1981

  1. Issue in Pollution Control: Interplant Cost Differences and Economies of Scale
    Land Economics, 1981, 57, (1), 1-17 Downloads View citations (78)

1977

  1. Market structure and campaign contributions
    Public Choice, 1977, 31, (1), 37-52 Downloads View citations (19)

1976

  1. The effects of industry concentration and regulation on contributions in three 1972 U. S. senate campaigns
    Public Choice, 1976, 27, (1), 71-80 Downloads View citations (20)

Chapters

2018

  1. Three Economist’s Tools for Antitrust Analysis: A Non-technical Introduction
    Springer
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2006

  1. Abuse of Dominance Enforcement under Latin American Competition Laws
    Chapter 10 in Handbook of Research in Trans-Atlantic Antitrust, 2006 Downloads
    See also Working Paper (2006)
 
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