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The International Handbook of Competition – Second Edition
2nd edition
9781849802680 Edward Elgar Publishing
The book aims to further our understanding of how economic reasoning and legal expertise complement each other in defining the fundamental issues and principles in competition policy. In specially commissioned chapters the book provides a scholarly review of economic theory, empirical evidence and standards of legal evaluation with respect to monopolization of markets, exploitation of market power and mergers, among other issues.
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This indispensable Handbook examines the interface of competition policy, competition law and industrial economics.
The book aims to further our understanding of how economic reasoning and legal expertise complement each other in defining the fundamental issues and principles in competition policy. In specially commissioned chapters the book provides a scholarly review of economic theory, empirical evidence and standards of legal evaluation with respect to monopolization of markets, exploitation of market power and mergers, among other issues.
The International Handbook of Competition – Second Edition will be accessible to a wide audience including students of economics and law, public administrators, lawyers, consultants, and business executives.
The book aims to further our understanding of how economic reasoning and legal expertise complement each other in defining the fundamental issues and principles in competition policy. In specially commissioned chapters the book provides a scholarly review of economic theory, empirical evidence and standards of legal evaluation with respect to monopolization of markets, exploitation of market power and mergers, among other issues.
The International Handbook of Competition – Second Edition will be accessible to a wide audience including students of economics and law, public administrators, lawyers, consultants, and business executives.
Critical Acclaim
‘This comprehensive Handbook demonstrates that academic thinking, new and old, has a role to play in shaping modern competition policy.’
– Gunnar Niels, Oxera
– Gunnar Niels, Oxera
Contributors
Contributors: D.B. Audretsch, E.W. Bond, A.W.A. Boot, V. Ghosal, R. Griffith, K. Hüschelrath, C. Kirchner, M. Marinč, S. Martin, D.C. Mueller, L. Nesheim, M. Neumann, A. Rasch, A. Rathbone, C. Rowley, A. Wambach, J. Weigand, B.B. Yurtoglu
Contents
Contents:
Introduction
Manfred Neumann and Jürgen Weigand
1. Globalization and the Natural Limits of Competition
Stephen Martin
2. Efficiency versus Market Power through Mergers
Dennis C. Mueller and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
3. Entrepreneurship and Competition Policy
David B. Audretsch
4. Trade Policy and Competition Policy: Conflict vs. Mutual Support
Eric W. Bond
5. Financial Services: Strategic Positioning and Competitive Issues
Arnoud W.A. Boot and Matej Marinč
6. The Political Economy of Antitrust
Charles Rowley and Anne Rathbone
7. Defining Antitrust Markets
Rachel Griffith and Lars Nesheim
8. Reconceptualizing Competition and Competition Policy in a New Institutional Economics-Perspective
Christian Kirchner
9. Horizontal Concentration, Endogenous Fixed Costs, Efficiency and Merger Control
Manfred Neumann
10. Assessing Potential Competition in Antitrust Markets
Vivek Ghosal
11. Fighting Hard Core Cartels
Kai Hüschelrath and Jürgen Weigand
12. Auctions and Competition Policy
Alexander Rasch and Achim Wambach
Index
Introduction
Manfred Neumann and Jürgen Weigand
1. Globalization and the Natural Limits of Competition
Stephen Martin
2. Efficiency versus Market Power through Mergers
Dennis C. Mueller and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
3. Entrepreneurship and Competition Policy
David B. Audretsch
4. Trade Policy and Competition Policy: Conflict vs. Mutual Support
Eric W. Bond
5. Financial Services: Strategic Positioning and Competitive Issues
Arnoud W.A. Boot and Matej Marinč
6. The Political Economy of Antitrust
Charles Rowley and Anne Rathbone
7. Defining Antitrust Markets
Rachel Griffith and Lars Nesheim
8. Reconceptualizing Competition and Competition Policy in a New Institutional Economics-Perspective
Christian Kirchner
9. Horizontal Concentration, Endogenous Fixed Costs, Efficiency and Merger Control
Manfred Neumann
10. Assessing Potential Competition in Antitrust Markets
Vivek Ghosal
11. Fighting Hard Core Cartels
Kai Hüschelrath and Jürgen Weigand
12. Auctions and Competition Policy
Alexander Rasch and Achim Wambach
Index
