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Book review of Thomas Philippon, The Great Reversal. How America Gave Up On Free Markets

Christiansen, Arndt - 2023

The Great Reversal is a pleasure to read because of its original arguments and thorough reasoning by a very able economist. Thomas Phillippon analyses the state of competition in the US and Europe, respectively, very convincingly. His main finding is that the intensity of competition has...

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Deterrence, Recidivism and European Cartel Fines

Veljanovski, Cento G. - 2018

Based on an analysis of cartel prosecutions since 2007, this article assesses the way the European Commission has built up its fines in practice. The fines are compared with those imposed by the European Commission over the period from 1999 to 2006. The main findings are that, while fines have...

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Competition agency guidelines and policy initiatives regarding the application of competition law vis-à-vis intellectual property : an analysis of jurisdictional approaches and emerging directions

Anderson, Robert D.; Chen, Jianning; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2018 - Manuscript date: 4 March 2018

Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression and the guidance of firms across the full spectrum of anti-competitive practices and market conduct. The role of guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly...

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Elintarvikkeiden hinnanmuodostus ja markkinoiden toimivuus

Kotilainen, Markku; Koski, Heli; Mankinen, Reijo; … - 2010

The study analyses the price formation and market functionality of the Finnish food chain. A significant portion of the report consists of international comparisons. The main comparison countries are the so-called old EU countries (EU15) of Western Europe, the new EU countries (EU12) and the...

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EC Antitrust in the New Economy - Is the European Commission's View of the Network Economy Correct?

Veljanovski, Cento - 2013

In dealing with telecom operator and internet mergers in the late 1990s the European Commission adopted a pessimistic view of competition based on the then emerging theory of network effects. This paper takes a short and critical look at the Commission's use of network effects theory, and its...

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Capacity Constraints and Irreversible Investments : Defending Against Collective Dominance in UPM Kymmene/Norske Skog/Haindl

Kuhn, Kai-Uwe; Van Reenen, John - 2013

of consumer harm through tacit collusion by the reduced number of firms in the industry (this is known as collective …/Norske Skog/Haindl. Here, coordinated effects were at the centre of the Commission's concerns. We discuss how collusion theory and …

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Interoperability and Foreclosure in the European Microsoft Case

Kuhn, Kai-Uwe; Van Reenen, John - 2014

implications of the case for anti-trust enforcement in high innovation sectors …

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Deterring International Cartels in the Face of Comity and Jurisdiction : A Legal, Economic, and Empirical Evaluation of the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Antitrust Laws

Connor, John M.; Bush, Darren - 2007

private antitrust suits in deterring international cartels. The article then examines the empirical evidence related to the … domestic antitrust enforcement on cartel recidivism. The article proposes a methodology that would harmonize the needs for … vigorous antitrust enforcement to deter international cartel activity and reduce recidivism with comity issues obviously at the …

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The Shaky Foundations of Competition Law

Sautet, Frederic - 2008

seem warranted, in fact there is no crime at the crime scene. While competition law aims to protect consumers, the danger …

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Merger Review in the Digital Markets Act

Carugati, Christophe - 2022

The co-legislators adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in July 2022. The text is landmark legislation that imposes a list of ex-ante obligations and interdictions on large online platforms acting as “gatekeepers” in some core platform services (CPS). Yet, the DMA also imposes an obligation...

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