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The neofunctional logic of EU external competition policy engagement : multilateral relations
Plavec, Patrik - 2021
This working paper examines the conditions under which the European Union (EU) engages externally in competition policy … the EU engages externally in this policy area. The working paper examines the EU’s horizontal engagement through bilateral … unilateral adoption by third countries and regional blocs. Accordingly, by disaggregating the dependent variable of EU external …
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The neofunctional logic of EU external competition policy engagement : bilateral relations
Plavec, Patrik - 2021
This working paper examines the conditions under which the European Union (EU) engages externally in competition policy … and tests the appropriateness of applying a neofunctionalist approach for specifying the conditions under which the EU … engages externally in this policy area. The working paper examines the EU’s horizontal engagement through bilateral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286640
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Economic integration and state capacity : evidence from the Eastern enlargement of the European Union
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro - 2018
(EU) after the 1995 enlargement. Our main finding is that the relationship between bureaucratic independence and judiciary … capacity seems to be the key engine of the process of state capacity building engendered by the prospect of EU membership. Deep …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905008
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The role of competition in the transition to climate neutrality
Zachmann, Georg - 2022
The transition to climate neutrality requires the reallocation of production factors from polluting activities to non-polluting activities. The main push for this reallocation will come from governmental decarbonisation targets that are translated into stringent climate policy tools, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373117
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Europäische Medienmärkte : Wettbewerb, Meinungsvielfalt und kulturelle Vielfalt
Budzinski, Oliver - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003911981
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An institutional analysis of the enforcement problems in merger control
Budzinski, Oliver - 2010
The literature identifies a significant drop in merger control enforcement activity on both sides of the Atlantic during the last decade. Furthermore, this drop in enforcement activity is convincingly connected to enforcement problems on the sides of the competition agencies. This paper goes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986285
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Positive freedom in networked capitalism : an empirical analysis
Carbonai, Davide; Drago, Carlo - 2015
The article proposes a social network analysis of the main European capitalisms and its correspondence with an index of economic freedom. The analysis relates to two kinds of economic liberties taken from the concept of freedom formulated by Isaiah Berlin. While the first kind of freedom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317885
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European antitrust control and standard setting
Mariniello, Mario - 2013
Standards reduce production costs and increase products' value to consumers. Standards however entail risks of anti-competitive abuse. After the adoption of a standard, the chosen technology normally lacks credible substitutes. The owner of the patented technology might thus have additional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765741
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The dynamics of leniency application and the knock-on effect of cartel enforcement
Zhou, Jun - 2016
We study the timing of leniency applications using a novel application of multi-spell discrete-time survival analysis for a sample of cartels prosecuted by the European Commission between 1996 and 2014. The start of a Commission investigation does not affect the rate by which conspirators apply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435719