European Community law has played a pivotal role in opening to competition economic sectors previously under the … competition. In this paper, we will focus on the first category of market failures, i.e. the bottlenecks that may prevent … competition in the postal sector. There are two regulatory instruments to impose remedies in network industries, sector …

countries is long overdue: the treatment of public policies that suppress competition. Whereas the European Union (“EU”) and … to enact laws that restrain competition. Further, individual groups are largely free to lobby for laws designed to erect … available to both public and private enforcers of the U.S. antitrust laws to challenge state-imposed restraints on competition …

Harold Demsetz once claimed that 'economics has no antitrust relevant theory of competition.' Demsetz offered this …-dimensional nature of competition. Competition does not take place upon a single margin, such as price competition, but several … dimensions that are often inversely correlated such that a liability rule deterring one form of competition will result in more …

Whereas the EU's internal market rules govern market access and public intervention, its competition rules are … concerned with the market conduct of private parties. When do the competition rules apply to healthcare? In principle the scope … for application of the competition rules to the healthcare sector is largely defined by the Member States themselves. This …

intervene in such market situations and if they intervene, what respective roles regulation and competition law should play … analyses how market power is controlled at the intersection between competition law and regulation in EU competition law and in …

Amazon and the major publishers in the e-book market require competition policy action. The standard antitrust instruments …

relationships, product provision, or other areas where competition was not threatened …