Competition and Sustainability : Economic Policy and Options for Reform in Antitrust and Competition Law / Justus Haucap, Anja Rösner, and Rupprecht Podszun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haucap, Justus, author.

Rösner, Anja, author.

Podszun, Rupprecht, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antitrust law--European Union countries.

Antitrust law.

Restraint of trade--European Union countries.

Restraint of trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"Competition and Sustainability critically examines how the market economy can be preserved without compromising the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. Serving as a useful overview of the problems and solutions found in one of the most controversial issues in current antitrust doctrine, this topical book offers concrete policy options for EU competition law. How can concerns over climate change, the supply chain, or animal welfare be integrated into antitrust? What can competition agencies do to help transform the market economy to a more sustainable one? Renowned experts in competition economics, law and sustainability answer these questions, and in doing so dissect issues such as cartels, exemptions, monopolisation, the environmental, social, and governance transformation, and merger control. Problems with government intervention in markets, quantification, and the danger of greenwashing are confronted with a thorough examination of the options for policy reform. This indispensable book tackles the transformation to the sustainable market economy with competition at its core. It will prove useful to academics in the fields of competition and antitrust law, corporate law and governance, European law, environmental law, and political economy, as well as policymakers and practitioners working in legal and economic fields"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Boxes

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I Basics: the relationship between competition and sustainability

1. Competition and sustainability: an introduction

2. Economic justification of further developments in competition law

3. Patterns of antitrust reform options

PART II Policy options for a better integration of sustainability: status quo and possible developments in competition law

4. Scope of application of competition law

5. Prohibition of restrictive business practices

6. Exemption

7. Abuse of dominance

8. Merger control

9. Procedure and sanctions

PART III Overarching issues

10. Definition of sustainability goals

11. Government intervention in markets

12. Economic assessment and quantification

13. The legitimacy problem and its resolution

14. The danger of greenwashing

15. Competition and sustainability: concluding remarks

Annex: Brief description of all options

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-03-532539-X