This paper analyses the changes that have taken place in the professional services industry in the last few years, examining in detail the issues raised by the increase in the number of professions and professional associations from a conceptual perspective. Moreover, the specific features of...

The increasing liberalisation of the legal services market in Spain has contributed to the modernisation of legal practice. However, the information peculiarities of legal services as a product and the externalities involved in rendering legal services may justify some specific limits in the...

Competition policy is a perspective that needs to be considered when planning business strategies and activities by firms. This introduction to a volume specifically devoted to competition policy provides several practical examples of the limitations and advantages arisen from it that may...

Reading the book commented will provide an updated view on the current situation of antitrust politics and law in the United States. The book covers a wide spectrum of issues on market behavior and business practices affected by antitrust rules (agreements and vertical restraints , various...

The implementation of the EU Services Directive (2006/123/CE) should entail a boost of freedom of enterprise and free competition in the services sector in Spain. Although a proper interpretation of both these constitutional principles should have already led to the elimination of many barriers...

Traditionally the concern on the quality of regulation has focused on formal or technical issues, nowadays the concern on the substantive content of legal rules and their efficiency is increasingly relevant. The material dimension of regulatory quality refers to the effectiveness of legal...

The Supreme Court Judgment of 29 January 2008 was delivered in an appeal in the interest of law against a fine imposed by the Catalonian regional antitrust authority, which was annulled by an Administrative Judge. That judgment made relevant considerations concerning the need for sensitivity in...

Inherent Defects Insurance (IDI) for new housing buildings is mandatory in Spain since May 2000. The instauration of this legal requirement prompted an upsurge in the IDI market. Being confronted with wild competition, the major insurance carriers active in that market promoted a minimum price...

This paper constructs several objective indicators of regulatory intensity in the context of the Spanish decentralization since 1978. Our aim is to develop a quantitative measure of the levels of regulatory intensity set by different regions in Spain. The dynamic nature of the decentralization...

This book develops an economic and legal analysis on the Spanish funerary services market from the point of view of antitrust and consumers’ protection laws. After describing the main services that can be contracted in this market, and the peculiar process of decision-making and consumption,...