This paper provides an overview of recent developments regarding the regulation of competition in Latin America with a special emphasis on the convergence and divergence of the various regimes. It reviews the regulatory framework of competition and addresses the substantive rules applicable to...

Deutschland und die gesamte Europäische Union (EU) haben sich sehr ambitionierte Klimaschutzziele gesetzt, die nur mit verstärkten Anstrengungen erreichbar sind. Zur Erreichung dieser Klimaschutzziele müssen alle möglichen Mittel herangezogen werden. Dazu zählt auch das Wettbewerbsrecht mit...

Intellectual property rights and competition policy are intimately related. In this paper I survey the economic literature analyzing the interaction between intellectual property law and competition law and how the boundary between these two policies is drawn in practice. Recognizing that...

The paper explores what macroeconomic factors can tell us about the effectiveness of recently enacted national competition laws. Qualitative evidence suggests that numerous countries fall short in implementing competition law. Furthermore, there seems to be significant differences between...

Eine der in Art. 3 I lit. g EGV aufgezählten Aufgaben der Gemeinschaft ist die Errichtung eines Systems unverfälschten Wettbewerbs. Dabei nimmt Art. 81 EGV eine Schlüsselstellung ein. Er stellt sicher, dass die abgebauten Handelsbeschränkungen des Staates nicht durch unternehmerische...

This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...

This paper evaluates the welfare consequences of the failing firm doctrine in the EU and US merger laws. I combine an oligopoly model with an 'endogenous valuations' auction model. Thereby, I take into account that, in an oligopoly, a firm's willingness to pay for the assets depends on the...

This paper studies the interaction between the incentives for predation and mergers. I show that the incentive for predation in an oligopoly is limited by the subsequent competition for the prey. This bidding competition is expecially fierce when the prey's assets exert strong negative...

This paper argues that empirical economic analysis in court proceedings is subject to important economic and legal restrictions, cumulating in a fundamental trade-off between accuracy and practicality. We draw lessons from two influential German court cases - the paper wholesaler cartel decision...

Mit der 10. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB; Anfang 2021 in Kraft getreten) sollen die deutschen Wettbewerbsregeln modernisiert und an die Erfordernisse der Digitalwirtschaft angepasst werden, weswegen die Novelle auch als GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz bezeichnet wird. Der...