{"product_id":"competition-law-and-economics-advances-in-competition-policy-and-antitrust-enforcement-9789041126320","title":"Competition Law and Economics: Advances in Competition Policy and Antitrust Enforcement","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Abel M. Mateus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kluwer Law International\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kluwer Law International\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Antitrust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEveryone recognizes that competition is the process by which companies are induced to offer consumers the lowest prices and introduce innovations to earn higher profits. Antitrust enforcement should focus on real competition problems, on behaviour that has actual or likely restrictive effects on the market, and which harms consumers; it should be aimed at protecting competition and not competitors. A real revolution in the application of European competition law took place with the modernization package implemented in the last few years, involving the now-decentralized application of Articles 81 and 82 EC, new merger regulations, and the ongoing review of guidelines for the prosecution of abuses of a dominant position. This book presents the proceedings of the First Lisbon Competition Law and Economics Conference under the auspices of the Portuguese Competition Authority. It was a ground-breaking event in which leading European judges and competition enforcers, as well as some of the leading world economists and law professors on competition issues, took a critical look at the instruments of competition policy conceived to implement EC Regulation 1\/2003, with a broader focus on modernization in the EU and in the USA. In wide-ranging discussions they evaluated theories of harm to competition for the most frequently-occurring types of abusive behaviour, and developed guidelines for a competition policy that offers both an economically sound framework and a workable and operational tool for making rules that can be enforced effectively and with a reasonable degree of predictability. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Among the many issues arising in the proceedings recorded in this book are the following: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e special powers of investigation; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e leniency programs and individual sanctions; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the problem of and#8220;forum shoppingand#8221; in the present merger regulation system; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the impact of regulations and competition on economic growth; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e competition and regulatory costs; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e judicial review of the European Commission merger decisions; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e consumer welfare effects of mergers; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e who should apply competition law to utilities; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e and the link between competition and innovation and the development of a country. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book will be of immeasurable value to judges, academics, and economic and law practitioners active in competition policy and enforcement, as well as to officials of European national competition authorities. Equally interested will be students of law and economics concerned with competition issues, and non-governmental organizations dealing with consumer protection and private enforcement of competition law. By giving ample evidence of the impact of competition and efficient regulation on economic growth, this far-reaching book will help elucidate the main current topics in need of further reform and underline the importance of competition policy in modern market economies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kluwer Law International","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47585624195223,"sku":"9789041126320","price":22050.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789041126320.webp?v=1774961082","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/competition-law-and-economics-advances-in-competition-policy-and-antitrust-enforcement-9789041126320","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}