This paper discusses a selection of cases and important policy developments in the enforcement activities of the Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission during the past year (2011–2012). In particular, it illustrates the importance of competition policy in the area of...

After an introduction to Chicago School antitrust analysis, this paper provides an overview of the main insights that economic theory has provided in regard to vertical agreements. Following a theoretical discussion of both the benign and anticompetitive motivations for vertical coordination and...