This is a survey of the economic principles that underlie antitrust law and how those principles relate to competition … policy. We address four core subject areas: market power, collusion, mergers between competitors, and monopolization. In each … central features of antitrust policy. Our objective is to foster the improvement of legal regimes and also to identify topics …

antitrust policy toward horizontal mergers, the area of antitrust that has seen some of the most dramatic improvements in both …Recently there has been a notable increase in interest in antitrust law in much of the world. This chapter discusses …, merger laws and enforcement practices, econometric methods for analyzing prospective horizontal mergers, and evidence …

the antitrust discourse. The current competition and antitrust policy topics that are addressed include the as …-efficient-competitor-test in abuse control, the regulation of systemic market power in digital ecosystems, antitrust interventions based on … proactive sector/industry investigations as well es merger control in relation to non-horizontal mergers and acquisitions. …

the antitrust discourse. The current competition and antitrust policy topics that are addressed include the as …-efficient-competitor-test in abuse control, the regulation of systemic market power in digital ecosystems, antitrust interventions based on … proactive sector/industry investigations as well es merger control in relation to non-horizontal mergers and acquisitions. …

subjected these agreements to antitrust litigation, thereby reducing the incentive to enter them. After the ruling, incumbent …