, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focuses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New … specific view of NIE at industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, discusses three current issues - the European policy …

, challenge antitrust and regulation policy. The paper focusses on the theoretical and methodological basis provided by the New … specific view of NIE at industrial organization, antitrust and regulation, discusses three current issues - the European … antitrust policy concerning complex vertical contracts, regulatory reform of the electricity industry and the allocation of …

economics of regulation, it then points out generic information and transaction cost problems of regulatory policy making. An … competencies for the regulation of the European network industries. …

economics of regulation, it then points out generic information and transaction cost problems of regulatory policy making. An … competencies for the regulation of the European network industries. …

and economic doctrine, antitrust enforcement agencies may fail to identify the risk of harm to consumers and competition … single firm. The paper does not recommend a repudiation of Chicago School antitrust doctrine, but recommends that reviewing …

general competition and sector specific frameworks and rules regarding the regulation of the Internal Energy Market …-by-case solutions, which lack the breadth of objectives expressed by sector regulation. On the other hand, sector regulation seems to … hierarchical priority over sector-specific rules and its direct application cannot be excluded when sector regulation is …

antitrust and EU competition law by (selectively) including state antitrust laws as well as laws that pursue objectives … different from the antitrust laws but interfere with the aims of the antitrust laws, such as sale-below-cost statutes, car … dealer and franchise statutes, or general contract law invalidating resale price maintenance agreements ("non-antitrust laws …

Recent rate increases by U.S. freight railroads have refocused attention on regulation, deregulation, and regulatory … subject to the jurisdiction of the antitrust statutes, with potential enforcement by the Antitrust Division and the FTC and …