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significant shift in the approach to the interface between antitrust and regulation, whereas traditionally the former has been … to the inefficiency of relying solely on ex post antitrust enforcement and call for a possible ex ante regulatory … framework to complement antitrust rules in addressing competition issues in digital contexts. The aim of this paper is to …
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with such claims, basically provoked by cartels (such as sugar, property insurance or envelopes). We examine closely the …
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Online platforms, which are at the forefront of today's economy, are subject to intensive competition law enforcement. However, the platform business model presents challenges for the application of competition law. Most notably, they appear to offer consumers a great number of their products...
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This paper reviews the 2014 Intel judgment of the General Court of the EU in relation to exclusivity rebates given by dominant firms. It distinguishes between the positive issue – ie the legal standard currently applicable to the assessment of dominant firms' rebates – and the prospective...
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theory of two-sided markets and whether the two-sided markets literature can readily be applied by antitrust agencies …
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are increasingly vocal. Moreover, our analysis may have implications for antitrust policy. As much as entry barriers …, barriers to exit prevent the emergence of competitive markets and are thus a concern for antitrust agencies. Moreover, State … interference with M&A risk undermining the efficacy of merger control systems, in depriving the antitrust agencies' of the ability …
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Since the introduction of a formal commitments procedure in EU antitrust policy (Article 9 of Council Regulation 1 …
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This article is based on the text of a speech delivered by Oliver Bethell on 13 November 2019 at the Econolex Beesley lecture series, held in partnership with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy at City, University of London
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This paper investigates the market structure of the insurance business by analyzing the (interlock) linkages among companies created by their directors. We focus on the non-life business since this is a sector relatively closed with respect to the competition with other financial activities; an...
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Are there circumstances when antitrust courts should condemn above-cost predatory pricing? To what extent would Brooke … Group need to be relaxed to condemn such conduct? The premise is that there are circumstances where antitrust courts should … demonstrate how recoupment can occur. There are Efficient Capital Markets but antitrust law and potential investors should revise …
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