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Optimal enforcement of competition policy : the commitments procedure under uncertainty
GAUTIER, Axel; PETIT, Nicolas - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2014
Since the introduction of a formal commitments procedure in EU an- titrust policy (Article 9 of Council Regulation 1 … uncertainty related to the law (L-uncertainty) and to the facts (F-uncertainty). We show that commitments are subop- timal when L …-uncertainty is important. Furthermore, the generalized use of commitments creates an additional risk of under-enforcement when F …
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Optimal Structuring of Assessment Processes in Competition Law: A Survey of Theoretical Approaches
Kretschmer, Jürgen-Peter - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2011
In competition law, the problem of the optimal design of institutional and procedural rules concerns assessment processes of the pro- and anticompetitiveness of business behaviors. This is well recognized in the discussion about the relative merits of different assessment principles such as the...
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Advancing Global Trade: Pro Liberalisation and Development
Neary, Peter; Ainars S¡lesers; Krubasik, Edward G.; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 52-67
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Optimal Sequential Investigation Rules in Competition Law
Kerber, Wolfgang; Kretschmer, Jürgen-Peter; … - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2008
Although both in US antitrust and European competition law there is a clear evolution to a much broader application of "rule of reason" (instead of per-se rules), there is also an increasing awareness of the problems of a case-by-case approach. The "error costs approach" (minimizing the sum of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005785155
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Les contrats économiques de souveraineté, outils de la régulation de la concurrence (les pratiques des autorités de concurrence à partir de l'exemple de la France)
Boy, Laurence - In: Revue internationale de droit économique t.XXIV (2010) 3, pp. 271-296
commitments are the new regulatory instruments used by competition authorities. Instead of sanctions and fines, competition … authorities and judges prefer to use various procedural mechanisms based on commitments in order to fight hardcore cartels, abuses … new economic contracts, leniency programs and commitments have a relative efficiency. With regard to these contracts, the …
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What Do Limitation Periods for Sanctions in Antitrust Matters Really Limit?
Blažo, Ondrej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Limitation periods represent a legal safeguard for a person who has once broken the law in order not to be put at risk of sanctions and other legal liabilities for an indefinite amount of time. By contrast, public interest can sometimes require that a person who has committed a serious breach of...
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Paving the Way for Unfair Competition: The Imposition of EU Anti-Dumping Duties on Ceramic Tiles from China
Kasteng, Jonas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The report identifies concerns with the EU anti-dumping instrument, as applied today, regardless of the fact that the investigation procedures and methods might be in line with the current regulation and practice. The report's arguments are based on the recent anti-dumping investigation – and...
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Reinforcing the Commission's Power in the Communications Sector. An Issue for the Regulatory Framework Review
BLANDIN-OBERNESSER, Annie - In: Communications & Strategies 1 (2008) 70, pp. 169-188
The reform of the regulatory framework for electronic communications is in progress. One of its major issue could be an institutional one, as the European Commission announced its intention to reinforce its own power, in particular in order to supervise the remedies imposed by national...
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Managing the Dilemma of Discretion: The European Commission and the Development of EU State Aid Policy
Doleys, Thomas - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 13 (2013) 1, pp. 23-38
This article examines the role played by the European Commission in the development of the European Union’s (EU) state aid policy. It does so through the prism of a “dilemma” that exists at the nexus of the Commission’s delegated authority to administer EU treaty state aid provisions,...
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Responses of European competition policy to the challenges of the global economic crisis
Czékus, Ábel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
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 covering the whole Community. Nowadays the economic...
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