available to both public and private enforcers of the U.S. antitrust laws to challenge state-imposed restraints on competition … countries is long overdue: the treatment of public policies that suppress competition. Whereas the European Union (“EU”) and … political subdivisions, U.S. antitrust policy in many ways is more tolerant of public restraints upon business rivalry. Since …

of competition law. This raises difficult questions about the relationship between competition and innovation as well as … what kind of assessment concepts competition authorities should use for investigating innovation effects, e.g., in merger … cases. This paper, on one hand, reviews briefly our economic knowledge about competition and innovation, and claims that it …

Brunei must enact an effective competition policy in order to participate as a member in regional trading blocs like … the APEC, ASEAN and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. What effect would Brunei’s Competition Order have on Brunei – and … of competition policy – and use that indicator in cross-country analysis to figure out competition’s effect on Brunei …

Practices and conducts in professional and even amateur sports can be subject to competition laws as soon as commercial … competition policy interventions. Setting and enforcing the rules of the game is an activity with commercial effects because it … reviews selected landmark cases in sports competition policy from an economic perspective. This includes the U.S. baseball …

With the implementation of the 7th Amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) in 2005, the … negative effects on competition than an irreversible merger. We conclude that from an economic point of view a replacement of …

Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression … guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly important in the context of the competition policy treatment of … intellectual property rights, given the complexity of this area, the importance that competition agencies attach to it, and its …

digital ecosystems and abuse of dominance in related markets. We take the perspective of dynamic competition economics and … convinced that these steps are necessary to move towards a more effective competition policy towards abuse of digital dominance. …

-related markets. Implications for competition law enforcement are discussed. …

European Community law has played a pivotal role in opening to competition economic sectors previously under the … competition. In this paper, we will focus on the first category of market failures, i.e. the bottlenecks that may prevent … competition in the postal sector. There are two regulatory instruments to impose remedies in network industries, sector …

Harold Demsetz once claimed that 'economics has no antitrust relevant theory of competition.' Demsetz offered this … relationship between competition and innovation, highlighting the deficiencies that significantly constrain antitrust enforcers … provocative statement as an introduction to an economic concept with critical implications for the antitrust enterprise: the multi …