Tag: Policy
Why a Reduction in Health Care Costs Per Se May be...
Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Jul 27, 2012
There is nearly universal agreement that a restructuring of the health care system is required, particularly with regard to the...
Beyond Detection: The Management of Cartel Cases
Diogo Thomson de Andrade, Carlos Ragazzo, Jul 24, 2012
Throughout the world, competition authorities are used to allocating much of their human resources to cartel...
Joseph Schumpeter on Competition (reprint)
Jun 19, 2012
During the 1980s, there began a spirited revival of interest in the writings of Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950), spurred by renewed attention to...
Collusion Theories in Merger Analysis: Still Alive and Kicking
Malcolm Coate, Jun 19, 2012
In a 2008 paper published in this journal, I described the continuing success of coordinated interaction (collusion) theories in maintaining...
Local Competition Bodies and Antimonopoly Policy Effectiveness in Transition Economies
Aldash Aitzhanov, May 29, 2012
There is some empirical evidence that the effectiveness of antimonopoly policy (hereinafter referred to as the "EAP") depends on different...
Italy Overhauls its Merger Control Filing Fee System
Stefano Grassani, Mar 29, 2012
As of January 2013, what is known as probably the world heftiest merger control filing fee structure will be abolished....
The Australian Approach to Competition Law Compliance Programs
Bill Dee, Feb 22, 2012
Competition law in Australia is set out in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 which essentially picked up the competition...
Enforcers Consideration of Compliance Programs in Europe: Are 2011 Initiatives Raising...
Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, Gillian Sproul, Feb 14, 2012
In Europe, compliance programs have been implemented by companies for many years. However, few competition authorities had clarified...
Why the U.K.’s New Approach to Competition Compliance Makes for Good...
Andreas Stephan, Feb 14, 2012
There is still much to do in the United Kingdom to champion compliance so as to strengthen competition enforcement and...
Normative Compliance: The Endgame
Caron Beaton-Wells, Feb 14, 2012
One consequence of the overriding focus on deterrence is that it may detract from a focus on compliance. Compliance may...