Die vorliegende Arbeit will einen ökonomischen Beitrag zur Diskussion über die Zugangsgewährung zu monopolistischen Engpaßeinrichtungen und die damit verbundene Öffnung von angrenzenden Märkten für Wettbewerb leisten, die bislang vornehmlich juristisch geprägt ist. Ziel der Arbeit ist...

The focus of cartel damages law is on the recovery of the cartel overcharge. Parties other than purchasers are often neglected, not only as a matter of judicial practice, but also due to legal restrictions. We argue that a narrow concept of standing - which excludes parties that supply either...

Der vorliegende Beitrag erörtert die wichtigsten Herausforderungen, die sich durch die Digitalisierung stellen. Analysiert werden die Fragen, inwiefern die die Digitalisierung zu einer Monopolisierung von Märkten führt, wie das Kartellrecht nach der 9. GWBNovelle diese Befürchtungen...

Introduction -- The notion of and need for collective redress actions -- Commission initiatives on collective redress actions -- Objectives of collective redress actions in EU competition enforcement -- Consumer damages claims in EU competition cases -- Grouping collective claims : opt-in v...

"Harnessing the tension between "equity" and "efficiency" and achieving the optimal equilibrium between these policy objectives, has long been one of the major questions bedevilling economics and, more generally, political philosophy in liberal democracies but also beyond."

Introduction -- Market power in economics and law -- The mischief and Australia's institutional response -- Competition and efficiency effects in Europe, North America and Australia -- Refusal to deal and margin squeeze -- Predatory pricing -- Meeting competition -- Raising rivals' costs --...

Antitrust policy : an introduction -- Antitrust economics -- Antitrust coverage : jurisdiction, enforcement, and exceptions -- Horizontal restraints and cartel behavior -- Vertical restraints -- Monopolization and related offenses -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Price discrimination -- Appendix :...

Introduction to competition law -- The European union and United Kingdom competition regimes -- The relationship between European union and United Kingdom competition law -- International issues and the globalization of competition law -- Procedure : investigation -- Procedure : penalties and...

We provide a comprehensive quantitative assessment of cartels and the related cartel enforcement process in the European Union (EU) from 2001 to 2015. In a first step, we present a detailed characterization of all cartel cases decided by the European Commission (EC) with respect to various...

The protection of a "system of undistorted competition" within the internal market is one of the core elements of EU law that institutionalizes economic integration. The addressees of the prohibitions regarding restraints of competition such as Articles 101 and 102 TFEU are "undertakings". Hence...

The begin and end dates of cartels are often ambiguous, despite competition authorities stating them with precision. The legally established infringement period(s), based on documentary evidence, need not coincide with the period(s) of actual cartel effects. In this paper, we show that misdating...

This paper develops a model of the birth and death of cartels in the presence of enforcement activities by a Competition Authority (CA). We distinguish three sets of interventions: (a) detecting, prosecuting and penalizing cartels; (b) actions that aim to stop cartel activity in the short-term,...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Jorge L. Contreras; Part I. Standards and Standardization in the Marketplace; 1. Standards and the Global Economy Knut Blind and Brian Kahin; 2. No Standard for Standards: Understanding the ICT Standards-Development Ecosystem Brad Biddle; 3. How SSOs...