The fundamental goal of competition law is to support productivity and innovativeness; in fact, the short-term effect … case studies demonstrate the important role that competition authorities can have in assessing the nature of markets and … making recommendations to policymakers to improve them. When competition is weak or compromised, extra costs are imposed on …

work of several of the authors, to consider how the growth of large supermarket chains affects competition in food … European competition policy more generally, such as lawyers, civil servants and consultancy groups, will find this volume …