Similar Search Results

Narrow search

Settlements and appeals in the European Commission's cartel cases : an empirical assessment

Hellwig, Michael; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich - 2016

The introduction of the European Union (EU) Settlement Procedure in 2008 aimed at promoting the procedural efficiency …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419416

The ordoliberal concept of "abuse" of a dominant position and its impact on Article 102 TFEU

Behrens, Peter - 2015

This paper explores the impact of ordoliberal thinking on the drafting of the prohibition of "abuse" of a dominant position in the market that was included in the competition rules of the Rome Treaty establishing the European Economic Community as well as on its interpretation by the Commission...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332825

The settlement procedure in EC cartel cases : an empirical assesment

Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich - 2015

procedural efficiency of cartel enforcement in the European Union (EU). We use a data set consisting of 84 cartels decided by the … EC from 2000 to 2014 to empirically investigate the impact of the EU settlement procedure on the duration of cartel … discussion of further evaluation approaches we conclude that the EU Settlement Procedure has increased procedural efficiency of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316390

Cartel enforcement in the European Union : determinants of the duration of investigations

Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich; Smuda, Florian - 2012

We provide an empirical assessment of EC cartel enforcement decisions between 2000 and 2011. Following an initial characterisation of our dataset, we especially investigate the determinants of the duration of cartel investigations. We are able to identify several key drivers of investigation...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009661203

The test for legality under EU competition rules : what guidance do the commission's guidelines provide?

Behrens, Peter - 2013 - July 2013

Under the regime of Regulation 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules of competition laid down in Articles 101 and 102 TFEU undertakings are obliged to take care by themselves of their compliance with the competition rules. For practical purposes this is also true when it comes to the rules...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770137

Determinants of self-reporting under the European corporate leniency program

Hoang, Cung Truong; Hüschelrath, Kai; Laitenberger, Ulrich - 2014

We empirically investigate the determinants of self-reporting under the European corporate leniency program. Applying a data set consisting of 442 firm groups that participated in 76 cartels decided by the European Commission between 2000 and 2011, we find that the probability of a firm becoming...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010385205

The extraterritorial reach of EU competition law revisited : the "effects doctrine" before the ECJ

Behrens, Peter - 2016

The protection of a "system of undistorted competition" within the internal market is one of the core elements of EU … within the EU, whether at least their anticompetitive conduct must be completed within the EU or whether it is sufficient …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559279