Introduction -- Disribution and competition -- US development, case studies and summaries -- EU development, case studies and summaries -- Theories and impacts of RPM and VTR on competition -- Jurisprudential arguments and the economic concept of RPM and VTR

In many economic sectors - the digital industries being first and foremost - the market power of dominant firms has been steadily increasing and is rarely challenged by competitors. Existing competition laws and regulations have been unable to make markets more contestable. The book argues that...

State owned enterprises under the EU merger control -- China's state owned enterprises : governance and regulation -- Economic concentrations of China's state owned enterprises under the EU merger control regime -- From merger control to foreign investment screening in the European Union.

This book brings together the work of researchers in Eastern and Western Europe, who analyze competitiveness, social exclusion and sustainability from a range of perspectives. It examines the key challenges faced by the EU in its efforts to establish a socially inclusive and greener path to...