Tag: Policy
The Impala Judgment: Does EC Merger Control Need to Be Fixed...
Rachel Brandenburger, Thomas Janssens, Apr 19, 2007
In its Impala judgment last year, the Court of First Instance annulled a European Commission unconditional merger clearance...
Competition Law and Economics: A Mid-Atlantic Viewpoint
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John Vickers, Mar 22, 2007
Introduction When contemplating competition law and policy, many economists,...
Mario Monti’s Legacy: A U.S. Perspective
William Kolasky, Apr 01, 2005
The departure of Commissioner Mario Monti from his post as the EC Commissioner for competition policy provides a good opportunity...
Mario Monti’s Legacy in EC Merger Control
Nicholas Levy, Apr 01, 2005
Mario Monti's tenure as EC Commissioner for competition policy between September 1999 and November 2004 coincided with one of the...
The Competitive Order and Its Implementation
Nov 01, 2006
This article was originally published as Walter Eucken, Die Wettbewerbsordnung und ihre Verwirklichung (The Competitive Order and Its Implementation), 2 ORDO, JAHRBUCH...
The Economics of Welfare Standards in Antitrust
Joseph Farrell, Michael Katz, Nov 01, 2006
There has been considerable debate concerning whether consumer surplus or total surplus should be the welfare standard for...
Walter Eucken and Ordoliberalism: An Introduction from a Consumer Welfare Perspective
Christian Ahlborn, Carsten Grave, Nov 01, 2006
This article serves two purposes, (i) to introduce The Comparative Order and its Implementation, a seminal article published...
The Economics of State Aid Control: Some Remarks
Mathias Dewatripont, Nov 01, 2006
This short comment discusses the rationale for State aid control at the level of the European Community and then turns...