Competition policy analysis / edited by Einar Hope.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hope, Einar, 1937-

Conference Name:

Oslo Competition Policy Conference on "The Foundations of Competition Policy Analysis" (2nd : 1998 : Oslo, Norway)

Series:

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 25.

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition--European Union countries--Congresses.

Competition.

Industrial policy--European Union countries.

Industrial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As markets become increasingly integrated and globalised, competition policy is facing new challenges. Contributions from leading international experts explore theoretical and methodological issues of practical relevance for the new competition policy order and give examples of practical policy adjustments.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; Towards a competitive society? The promotion of competition as a goal of economic policy; Some history of thought; The scope of competition policy; Competition and efficiency; Competition and income distribution; Implications for the organization of competition policy; Notes; References; Competition law and policy: achievements and failures from an economic perspective; Some questionable assumptions; The legitimate goals of competition law and competition policy

Relationship between competition law and policy and economic developmentEconomic theory and the legal instrument; Economic analysis as a guide to competition law enforcement; Conclusion; Competition policy and market dynamics; An incentive-oriented approach to competition analysis; Some implications for competition policy; Note; Who should be responsible for competition policy in regulated industries?; Objectives, tasks and instruments; Organizational models; Organizational challenges; Principles of good (government) organization; Conclusion; Notes; References

Implementation of second-best solutions: the judge or the bureaucrat? A lawyer's perspectiveThe new generation of competing statutes; The rule of law; The status of economic analysis; Administrative vs. judicial enforcement; Capture theories; Information asymmetries; Rent-seeking; Conclusion; Competition policy with a Coasian prior?; The Coasian prior; The incentive approach; Practice and institutional problems; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Australian competition policy reforms; Structural reform of public monopolies; Access to facilities; Prices oversight

The interaction between competition policy and regulationTelecommunications case study; Conclusion; Note; Competition policy in the information economy; A brief strategic guide to the information economy; Horizontal mergers; Vertical and complementary mergers; Standard-setting and cooperation; Unilateral conduct by dominant firms; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Regulating manufacturers and their exclusive retailers; The choice of retail organizational form; Exclusive retailers and the law; Three cases of regulation of manufacturers and their exclusive retailers; Conclusion; Notes

ReferencesDeregulating Norwegian airlines; Compete, collude or both?; Why collusion on prices?; Clustering of departures?; Policy implications; Notes; References; Resource allocation by a competition authority; The firm's problem; The competition authority's problem; Tacit collusion; Conclusion; Appendix; Acknowledgement; References; European state aid policy: an economic analysis; The literature relevant to state aids; An alternative analytical framework; Policy implications; The Commission's procedure in its analysis of cases; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

"This book documents the proceedings of the second Oslo Competition Policy Conference on 'The Foundations of Competition Policy Analysis,' held in Oslo on 21-22, September 1998"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-73643-6

0-429-22929-1

1-134-73644-4

1-280-40191-5

0-203-18322-3

9780429229299

OCLC:

252821395