Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2016/2017

The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and state aids. This year’s article provides first a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team and surveys the main achievements of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Review of industrial organization 2017-12, Vol.51 (4), p.397-422
Hauptverfasser:	Buehler, Benno, Coublucq, Daniel, Hariton, Cyril, Langus, Gregor, Valletti, Tommaso
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquisitions & mergers Antitrust Competition Competition policy Economics Economics and Finance Economists Industrial Organization Innovations Law Microeconomics Teams
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Zusammenfassung:	The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and state aids. This year’s article provides first a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team and surveys the main achievements of the Directorate General for Competition over 2016/2017. The article then reviews the economic work undertaken in one merger case between Dow/DuPont, which raised specific issues related to innovation, as well as in an antitrust case on parity clauses related to Amazon e-books.
ISSN:	0889-938X 1573-7160
DOI:	10.1007/s11151-017-9592-x