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Author: Charles M. Gastle
Publisher: National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 655
ISBN-13: 9780612335325
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Damien Geradin
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780821358924
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael A. Utton
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1847200249
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a welcome and timely addition to the library of materials exploring the implications of the move from internationalisation of trade towards globalisation. Michael Hutchings, European Competition Law Review This book provides an excellent introduction to the difficult and important issues surrounding international trade and competition policy. Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College, US The opening up of world markets, rapid growth of trade and foreign direct investment create manifold problems for competition policy. Thus, international mergers may have adverse effects on many countries, international cartels may carve up world markets and dominant firms may seek to maintain their global position by exclusionary conduct. These problems have been recognised for more than half a century and some attempts have been made internationally to address them, so far with limited success. This progressive book seeks to explore the problems and concerns that globalisation has created for competition policy. The book begins by setting out the principles of competition and trade policies, and then goes on to address the impact of market globalisation on what are usually thought of as traditional antitrust concerns. These include the analysis of the difficulties arising from collusion and other restrictive practices, government sponsored voluntary co-operation , vertical restrictions and market access, pricing strategies of dominant firms and international mergers, all illustrated with a number of prominent case studies. The author concludes with an illuminating discussion on the feasibility of international co-operation on competition policy, the faltering progress that has been made so far and the prospects for future advances. This comprehensive volume will prove to be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of law and economics. It will also find wide appeal amongst researchers, policy makers and practitioners with an interest in industrial organisation, antitrust policy and globalisation.
Author: Bernard Hoekman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Motivated by discussions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on multilateral disciplines with respect to competition law, Hoekman and Saggi develop a two-country model that explores the incentives of a developing country to offer increased market access (by way of a tariff reduction) in exchange for a ban on foreign export cartels by its developed country trading partner. They show that such a bargain is feasible and can generate a globally welfare-maximizing outcome. The authors also explore the incentives for bilateral cooperation when the developing country uses transfers to "pay" for competition enforcement by the developed country. A comparison of the two cases shows that there exist circumstances in which the stick (the tariff) is more effective in sustaining bilateral cooperation than the carrot (the transfer). Furthermore, the scope for cooperation is maximized when both instruments are used. An implication of the analysis is that developing countries have incentives to support an explicit WTO prohibition of export cartels. This paper--a product of Trade, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to analyze issues on the agenda of the WTO.
Author: Josef Drexl
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 1781004315
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'This wonderful volume offers a timely and important look at competition policy where it is changing the most – developing countries pursuing regional agreements. It provides superb analytical discussions of the impact of regional competition policy integration, why developing states have pursued this strategy, and the extent to which it is meeting their needs. the editors have assembled a superb roster of experts, so it is not a surprise that the book recommendations are insightful, and deserving of attention from policy makers.' – Andrew Guzman, Berkeley Law School, US This book presents a detailed study of the interface between regional integration and competition policies of selected regional trade agreements (RTAs), and the potential of regional competition laws to help developing countries achieve their development goals. the book provides insights on the regional integration experiences in developing countries, their potential for development and the role of competition law and policy in the process. Moreover, the book emphasizes the development dimension both of regional competition policies and of competition law. This timely book delivers concrete proposals that will help to unleash the potential of regional integration and regional competition policies, and also help developing countries to fully enjoy the benefits deriving from a regional market. Bringing together analysis from well-known scholars in the developed world with practical insight from scholars in countries hoping to exploit the potential of competition law, this book will appeal to academics working in the field of competition law, practitioners, policy makers and officials from developing countries, as well as those in development organizations such as UNCTAD.
Author: Peter John Lloyd
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781840647723
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book sheds new light on a major issue on the international trade policy agenda - the promotion and defence of competition in globalizing markets.
Author: Edward Montgomery Graham
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780881321661
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There is growing consensus among international trade negotiators and policymakers that a prime area for future multilateral discussion is competition policy. Competition policy includes antitrust policy (including merger regulation and control) but is often extended to include international trade measures and other policies that affect the structure, conduct, and performance of individual industries. This study includes country studies of competition policy in Western Europe, North America, and the Far East (with a focus on Japan) in the light of increasingly globalized activities of business firms. Areas where there are major differences in philosophy, policy, or practice are identified, with emphasis on those differences that could lead to economic costs and international friction. Alternatives for eliminating these costs and frictions are discussed, including unilateral policy changes, bilateral or multilateral harmonization of policies, and creation of new international regimes to supplement or replace national or regional regimes.
Author: Bernard M. Hoekman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Einar Hope
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-03-11
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1134704593
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The relationship between competition and trade policies, and the development of an effective competition policy for an integrated world economy, is one of the most important and challenging issues policy makers currently face. This book examines the current debates around competition and trade policy interactions, and discusses the need for new policy initiatives in an international context.
