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Determinants of EC Antitrust Fines for Members of Global Cartels

Connor, John M.; Miller, Douglas J. - 2013

the predictive power of the optimal deterrence theory of antitrust violations in the EU. In addition, they offer insights … absolute Commission fine. Independent variables fall into four groups: the extent of the cartel’s antitrust injuries; factors … that affect the probability of detection and conviction by antitrust authorities; the size of non-EC penalties on the …

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Ministererlaubnis für Kartellfälle : Kooperation im Sinne des Gemeinwohls?

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2020

Mit der Umsetzung der 7. Novelle des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) wurde im Jahr 2005 die Ausnahmeregelung des sog. Ministerkartells nach § 8 GWB ersatzlos gestrichen. Ähnlich dem noch bestehenden Instrument der Ministererlaubnis für Fusionen nach § 42 GWB konnte bis dahin...

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Public interest considerations in European merger control regimes

Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2019

Nowadays, merger control predominantly relies upon a strict analysis of the effects from merger and acquisitions on effective competition. However, there is scope for so-called public interest considerations in several European merger control regimes and recently a number of European politicians...

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Effective European antitrust : does EC merger policy generate deterrence?

Clougherty, Joseph A.; Duso, Tomaso; Lee, Miyu; … - 2015

We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our empirical results suggest that phase-1 remedies uniquely generate robust deterrence as – unlike phase-1 withdrawals, phase-2 remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies...

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Effective European antitrust : does EC merger policy generate deterrence?

Clougherty, Joseph A.; Duso, Tomaso; Lee, Miyu; … - 2016

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Four cases in sports competition policy: baseball, judo, football, and motor racing

Budzinski, Oliver - 2017

antitrust exemption, access rules to Judo tournaments, sale systems of media rights in European football as well as a unique …

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On the relevance of market power

Kaplow, Louis - 2016

Market power is the most important determinant of liability in competition law cases throughout the world. Yet …

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Regulating big tech: from competition policy to sector regulation?

Budzinski, Oliver; Mendelsohn, Juliane - 2021

The European Commission has proposed a new regulatory tool for the governance of digital markets. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) intents to limit the market behavior of so-called gatekeeper companies to ensure contestable and fair digital markets. We review the provisions of the DMA both from a...

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How does online streaming affect antitrust remedies to centralized marketing? : the case of European football broadcasting rights

Budzinski, Oliver; Gänßle, Sophia; … - 2019

The collective sale of football broadcasting rights constitutes a cartel, which, in the European Union, is only allowed if it complies with a number of conditions and obligations, inter alia, partial unbundling and the no-single-buyer rule. These regulations were defined with traditional...

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The draft for the 10th amendment of German competition law: towards a new concept of "Outstanding relevance across markets"?

Budzinski, Oliver; Gänßle, Sophia; Stöhr, Annika - 2020

The ministerial proposal for a 10th amendment of the German competition law particularly addresses abuse control and seeks to tighten this pillar of competition policy against the background of the challenges from the digital economy. Next to extending the classic policy instruments of abuse...

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