Mergers and remedies in the EU : an overview -- The literature on merger remedies -- Classification of merger remedies -- Methodology for assessment of mergers and remedies -- Structure and competitive process in paper and board markets -- Assessment of remedies adopted by the EC in paper...

The paper reports the results of a survey designed to elicit probability judgements for different types of events: ‘pure chance’ events, for which objective probabilities can be calculated; ‘public’ events, about which there may be some discussion in social groups and the media; and...

This article draws on perspectives in philosophy and the sociology of knowledge to critically review the discourse of bounded rationality within contemporary economics. It is argued that the discourse pathologises consumers who are susceptible to sub-optimal market outcomes, treating their...

The aim of this paper is to clarify three issues relating to the empirical investigation of prices and import penetration when marginal costs are not increasing. The first is to demonstrate explicitly the simultaneous determination of industrial prices and import penetration. Second, to examine...

Many important regulatory decisions are taken by professionals employing limited and conflicting evidence. We conduct an experiment in a merger regulation setting, identifying the role of different standards of proof, volumes of evidence, cost of error and professional or lay decision making....