The Austrian Federal Competition Authority (AFCA) invited comment on its draft guidelines for exempting “sustainability … agreements” from condemnation under Austrian competition law. That law recently changed, allowing a specific exemption for … difficult for a competition authority to verify or quantify, absent expertise in environmental effects. Moreover, determining …

. Their effects on the costs and inefficiencies, in particular the possible chilling effects on competition and innovation … issues related to the effect of rules and regulations on competition, and explore the role of key institutions that affect … competition and the institutional framework / Augusto de la Torre, María Soledad Martínez Pería, and Sergio L. Schmukler -- The …

The study analyzes the impact of European antitrust enforcement on industry performance measured as competition … competitive market structure. We find that enforcement has a considerable effect, both on competition intensity and on … an increase in competition and productivity after the cartel break-up. The impact of vertical conduct is more complex …