Competition Policy: History, Theory and Practice [Paperback]

Manfred Neumann (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843760320 | ISBN-13: 978-1843760320 | Publication Date: March 2002

Given the increase in large-scale mergers throughout the world, this volume addresses the growing problem of restricted competition through collusion and the perennial debate surrounding the use of government subsidies for industries to further national interests. The aims of the book are threefold, firstly, to elucidate the antecedents of competition policy in the US and Europe and to demonstrate how far a convergence of principles has developed. Secondly, to outline the theory of industrial organization as a major tool to devise an appropriate policy, and thirdly, to discuss the practice of competition policy in the US, individual European countries and the EC as a whole, in terms of collusion, mergers and vertical restraints.

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'Neumann synthesizes a mixture of historical, theoretical and policy perspectives that only an experienced and accomplished scholar can provide. -- - David B. Audretsch, Indiana University --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Manfred Neumann, Professor of Economics, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843760320
• ISBN-13: 978-1843760320
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,045,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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