Ex Post Economic Evaluation of Competition Policy' contributes to a better knowledge of the economic impact of this policy, which is essential for the good functioning of the internal market in the European Union. Competition authorities are increasingly interested in understanding the impact of...

Through its competition policy interventions the European Commission not only addresses infringements of EU competition law by the firms directly involved, but it also deters possible future anticompetitive behaviour by these firms and other market players. The present paper represents the...

This report models and analyses various aspects of the macroeconomic impact of competition policy interventions by the European Commission over the period 2012-2022. Based on information provided by the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) on its merger interventions, cartel...

Over the past decade competition authorities (CAs) and academic researchers have become increasingly interested in conducting ex-post economic evaluations of competition policy enforcement actions. The scepticism expressed at the end of 1990s by some academics about the benefits of competition...