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Lead jurisdiction concepts: Towards rationalizing multiple competition policy enforcement procedures

Budzinski, Oliver - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Fakultät für … - 2014

the governance of international antitrust cases. Thus, lead jurisdiction models offer considerable economic benefits …

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Budzinski, Oliver - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Fakultät für … - 2012

The paper discussed the economic theory of international antitrust institutions. Economic theory shows that non … of antitrust institutions and policies promotes dynamic and evolutionary efficiency so that globally binding, worldwide … homogenous competition rules do not represent a first-best solution either. After reviewing the existing international antitrust …

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Merger Trends and Assessment in the Midst of a Financial Crisis

Claudia, Dobre I. - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 633-638

In this paper, we analyse data on global M&A deals for the last four years, from 2007 to 2010 to understand what are the trends and to answer the question - does a global financial slowdown increase the number of mergers or decrease it? We find that the number of mergers across the globe has...

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The Role of the 'Equally Efficient Competitor' in the Assessment of Abuse of Dominance

Mandorff, Martin; Sahl, Johan - Konkurrensverket, Government of Sweden - 2013

In a series of recent cases - most notably in TeliaSonera and Post Danmark - the equally efficient competitor principle has been explicitly recognised by the Court of Justice of the EU; more clearly so than by courts in the US, where the principle originates. However the exact scope of...

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Why define markets in competition cases?

Boshoff, Willem H. - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2013

Competition policy investigations usually commence with a definition of the relevant product and geographic market. The relevant market provides a first evaluation of competitive conditions and allows for the calculation of market shares, which aids in the assessment of firms’ market power....

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Promoting Domestic Reforms through Regionalism

Dee, Philippa; McNaughton, Anne - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2011

There is a strong presumption among economists that domestic reforms are promoted by regionalism. Yet strong empirical evidence for this proposition is lacking. This paper examines both the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on this issue, drawing on the relevant economic, political,...

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Promoting Domestic Reforms through Regionalism

Dee, Philippa; McNaughton, Anne - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011

ï»¿There is a strong presumption among economists that domestic reforms are promoted by regionalism. Yet strong empirical evidence for this proposition is lacking. This paper examines both the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on this issue, drawing on the relevant economic,...

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Promoting Domestic Reforms Through Regionalism

Dee, Philippa - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011

There is a strong presumption among economists that domestic reforms are promoted by regionalism. Yet strong empirical evidence for this proposition is lacking. The purpose of the paper is to examine in some detail both the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on this issue, drawing on...

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European Union failures in Greece and some possible explanations

Bitros, George C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The European Union (EU) failed repeatedly to hold Greece accountable for violations of the Treaties it signed over the past five decades. In particular, the EU not only did not express reservations in the face of these violations, but on two crucial occasions, in 1979 and again in 2000, it even...

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The Greek Economy: Which Way Forward?

Weisbrot, Mark; Rosnick, David; Lefebvre, Stephan - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2015

In the past 6 years the Greek economy has gone through a massive adjustment at a steep price. The economy finally grew in 2014, by 0.6 percent, but the recovery is weak, slow and fragile. This paper argues that prolonged mass unemployment and reduced living standards, brought about by years of...

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