China's Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) sets forth the country's antitrust enforcement policies. We investigate what welfare standard the AML seeks to maximize by examining both its stated language and, via revealed preference, the antitrust actions taken by the Anti-Monopoly Enforcement Authority

Since the introduction of China's Anti-Monopoly Law in 2008, private litigation has been increasing in the areas of monopolistic agreements and abuses of dominance. In addition, China's Supreme People's Court recently issued its judicial interpretation concerning the application of the law in...

In this paper, we analyze a recent antitrust case of abuse of dominance decided by a Chinese administrative enforcement agency under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). A key issue in this case involves the impact of loyalty rebate programs used by a dominant firm. We provide an overview of...