Vertical mergers are increasingly becoming a focus of attention, due to a number of recent high-profile cases in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector. Evidence suggests that vertical mergers are generally pro-competitive, as they are driven by efficiency-enhancing motives such as...

The OECD Competition Committee debated competition issues in vertical relations for gasoline retailing in October 2008. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hungary,...

The OECD Competition Committee debated vertical mergers in February 2007. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the meeting: an analytical note by the OECD, written submissions from Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France,...

This paper provides a brief overview of the pro- and anti-competitive effects of vertical restraints as identified in the literature and case practice and discusses how pro-competitive effects or efficiencies are analysed and assessed within different legal and economic assessment frameworks....

Concerns about the cost of implementing and monitoring agricultural policies are mounting with the development of more decoupled and targeted policies. While these costs are inherent in the policy process, reducing them will bring benefits in terms of better use of public funds, and minimising...