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Antitrust and competition policy : a new foundation / Darryl Biggar, Alberto Heimler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biggar, Darryl R. (Darryl Ross), author.
- Heimler, Alberto, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Competition--Government policy.
- Competition.
- Antitrust law.
- Industrial policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Antitrust and competition laws are government regulations that seek to encourage competition by limiting the market power of firms. Some degree of monopolistic or market power has long been a feature of our economies and is most recognisable today through the activities of companies such as Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Apple. The concept of market power remains a central idea in fields such as industrial organisation, the economics of regulation, competition law and competition policy, yet there is still much debate about how to define it and how to measure it. This book suggests a new approach for identifying market power and building on it sets out, for the first time, a sound, comprehensive economic foundation for competition law and policy. This framework sheds new light on a range of antitrust violations including the discernment of anti-competitive mergers, abusive practices and restrictive agreements.
- Contents:
- Key economic aspects
- The ‘goals of competition law’ debate
- The transactions-cost approach to competition law
- Possible objections to the approach proposed in this book
- The concept of market power
- Controls on the acquisition of market power
- Controls on the prolonging of, or exercise of, market power
- Competition policy and labour markets
- Competition policy and digital platforms
- Competitive neutrality, EU state aid control and industrial policy
- Conclusion : The future of competition law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 3, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-009-72459-2
- 1-009-72464-9
- 9781009724609
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