market competition. In markets with effective competition, horizontal multiple directorships turn out to be an efficient … firms have no significant influence on financial performance, irrespective of the level of competition intensity …

development and social welfare in relation to the present and prospective discussions on competition policy in the WTO, UNCTAD …, OECD and other fora. Although this is the immediate backdrop for an examination of competition policy in relation to … for developing countries which emerge from the theoretical and empirical analysis of competition policy and economic …

This paper explores the connections between globalization, competition, competition policy and competitiveness. These …

under the assumption of Bertrand competition and firms having different costs, the optimal pricing behaviour imply price … results propose a new explanation of the mixed empirical findings on incumbent pricing to entry and suggest that competition …

European competition policy has been one of the common policies since the beginning of European integration. The … European level economic policy coordination and the customs union have required a uniform framework for competition policy … affects companies based and/or operating in Europe. This brings about new challenges for common competition policy as it has …

This paper discusses complementarities and tensions between competition policies and consumer protection policies. The … are presented of how more intense competition can worsen the outcomes for (some) consumers. Situations in which poorly … they can relax competition between oligopolists, how they can reduce consumer choice, how they can focus on one aspect of …

Competition authorities carry out investigations and impose legal penalties on firms which are caught infringing the … competition law. The rationale of this policy is to prevent firms from distorting free competition in a way that is detrimental to … from the outset of the anticompetitive case and ends when the competition authority issues the statement of objections to …

instance, it may provide a solution to the still unsolved dilemma of orphan works. From a competition policy perspective, we …