Competition policy in the EU : fifty years on from the Treaty of Rome / edited by Xavier Vives.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vives, Xavier.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition--European Union countries.

Competition.

Antitrust law--European Union countries.

Antitrust law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A volume that takes stock and looks ahead on the development and implementation of competition policy in the European Union fifty years after the Treaty of Rome. Competition policy has emerged as a key policy in the EU with competition acting as the driving force for economic efficiency and the welfare of citizens. Case law has been established to control and prevent anti-competitve behavior, state aid control has consolidated and evolved towards a more economic approach, and theauthority of the EC and the judicial review of the Court of the First Instance (CFI) and the European Court of Justi

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Competition Policy in Europe; 1.1. The Treaty of Rome; 1.2. An Overview and Summary of the Contributions; 1.3. Concluding Remarks; 2. The Design of Competition Policy Institutions for the Twenty-first Century: The Experience of the European Commission and the Directorate-General for Competition; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. How to Design a Modern Competition Policy and Enforcement System; 2.3. Modernization of the Legal Instruments

2.4. Resource and Change Management inside Directorate-General Competition2.5. Reforming the Structures; 2.6. Reforming the Processes; 2.7. Current Management Challenges; 2.8. Resources; 2.9. Conclusion; 3. Article 81 EC Revisited: Deciphering European Commission Antitrust Goals and Rules; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. A Brief Overview of Article 81; 3.3. The Goal(s) of Article 81; 3.4. The Concept of 'Restriction of Competition'; 3.5. Article 81: Structured Rule of Reason or Quasi per se Rule?; 3.6. Conclusions; 4. Some Economics of Abuse of Dominance; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Dominance

4.3. Some Economics of Anticompetitive Exclusion4.4. Predatory Pricing; 4.5. Discounts and Rebates; 4.6. Refusal to Supply, Tying, and Bundling; 4.7. Article 82: The Future; 5. Cartels in the European Union: Economics,Law, Practice; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Economic Analysis of Collusion; 5.3. Cartels in the European Union: Law and Practice; 5.4. A Brief Summary; 6. An Economic Assessment of European Commission Merger Control: 1958-2007; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Historical Context; 6.3. Merger Appraisal and Interventions; 6.4. Merger Policy Evaluation; 6.5. Conclusions

7. State Aids: Economic Analysis and Practice in the European Union7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Why Should State Aid be Prohibited?; 7.3. When Can State Aid be Beneficial?; 7.4. The Limits of Economic Analysis; 7.5. Past Enforcement and the Current Overhaul; 8. Competition Policy and Sector-specific Regulation for Network Industries; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages of Competition Policy and Sector-specific Regulation; 8.3. How Should the Line be Drawn between the Regulated and Unregulated Parts of a Network Industry?

8.4. On the Coexistence of Competition Policy and Sector-specific Regulation9. European Telecoms Regulation: Past Performance and Prospects; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. The Liberalization Process up to 2003: Introducing Competition; 9.3. Regulation in a Converging Environment; 9.4. Conclusion; 10. Regulation and Competition Policy in the Banking Sector; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Regulation in the Banking Sector: Rationale and Instruments; 10.3. Competition in the Banking Sector; 10.4. Competition and Stability: A Real Trade-off?

10.5. Competition Policy in the Banking Sector in the European Union

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-27489-9

0-19-157060-5

9786612274893

OCLC:

666988229