Cases in European competition policy : the economic analysis / edited by Bruce Lyons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyons, Bruce, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law--Europe--Cases.

Antitrust law.

Antitrust law--Economic aspects--Europe.

Europe--Commercial policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 492 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Competition between firms is usually the most effective way of delivering economic efficiency and what consumers want. However, there is a balance to be struck. Firms must not be over-regulated and so hampered in their development of innovative products and new strategies to compete for customers. Nor must they be completely free to satisfy a natural preference for monopoly, which would give them higher profits and a quieter life. The economic role of competition policy (control of anticompetitive agreements, mergers and abusive practices) is to maintain this balance, and an effective policy requires a nuanced understanding of the economics of industrial organization. Cases in European Competition Policy demonstrates how economics is used (and sometimes abused) in competition cases in practical competition policy across Europe. Each chapter summarizes a real case investigated by the European Commission or a national authority, and provides a critique of key aspects of the economic analysis.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contents by potentially anticompetitive business practices; Contents by markets; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: the transformation of competition policy in Europe; A Anticompetitive behaviour by firms with market power; A.1 Abuse of a dominant position; A.2 Market investigations; B Agreements between firms; B.1 Cartels; B.2 Other horizontal agreements; B.3 Vertical agreements; C Mergers; C.1 Measurement of unilateral effects; C.2 Coordinated effects; C.3 Vertical and conglomerate effects

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-481 and index).

ISBN:

0-511-69970-0

1-107-20061-X

0-511-80313-3

0-511-63264-9

0-511-65182-1

0-511-63143-X

0-511-63384-X

OCLC:

609845770