While there is an extensive literature on the relationship between market competition and innovation at the aggregate level, there are far fewer case-specific accounts of this relationship, particularly on the effects of specific competition policy interventions on innovation. The objective of...

EU competition policy aims to protect the efficient functioning of markets from competition distortions, whether originating from Member States (distortive State aid), market players (distortive unilateral or coordinated behaviour), or mergers that would significantly impede effective...

EU competition policy aims to protect the efficient functioning of markets from competition distortions, whether originating from Member States (distortive State aid), market players (distortive unilateral or coordinated behaviour), or mergers that would significantly impede effective...

The study to support the process of "Improving the Monitoring Indicators System to support DG Competition's Future Policy Assessments" mapped, categorised and systematised result and impact indicators used by DG Competition in 11 Impact Assessments of policy instruments concerning the policy...

The annual report on competition policy explains how the Commission implements competition policy and how it contributes to the European economy and to improving the welfare of EU citizens. The report is a non-exhaustive overview of the most important policy and legislative initiatives, and of...

The annual report on competition policy explains how the Commission implements competition policy and how it contributes to the European economy and to improving the welfare of EU citizens. The report is a non-exhaustive overview of the most important policy and legislative initiatives, and of...

Zero-rating - the practice of excluding some traffic from overall data caps - has received a considerable amount of attention in the debate about net neutrality. Applying different charges depending on the type of traffic may be considered as incompatible with the principle of treating all data...