"This book assembles 17 contributions based on talks given at the fourth conference of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA) which was held at the Competition Law Center of the George Washington University Law School in Washington DC on 16-17 June 2009."--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Are People Self-interested? The Implications of Behavioral Economics on Competition Policy / Maurice E. Stucke -- Consumer Choice as the Best Way to Recenter the Mission of Competition Law / Robert H. Lande -- Protecting Consumer Choice : Competition and Consumer Protection Law Together / Neil W. Averitt -- Is Competition Law Part of Consumer Law? / Paul L. Nihoul -- Resale Price Maintenance : A Reassessment of its Competitive Harms and Benefits / Marina Lao -- The Leegin Case : A US Antitrust Chief Event Versus A Storm in a European Teacup? / Josef Bejcek -- Competition Law Issues Concerning Related Markets and their Treatment under EU Competition Law / Thomas Eilmansberger -- A Comparative Look at the Competition Law Control of State-owned Enterprises and Government in China / Deborah Healey -- Australia's Criminalization of Cartels : Will it be Contagious? / Caron Beaton-Wells. Patent Ambush Strategies and Article 102 TFEU / Andreas Fuchs -- Three Statutory Regimes at Impasse : "Reverse Payments" in "Pay-for-Delay" Settlement Agreements between Brand-name and Generic Drug Companies / Rudolph J.R. Peritz -- Patent Ambush and Reverse Payments / Gustavo Ghidini -- Intellectual Property in Competition : How to Promote Dynamic Competition as a Goal / Josef Drexl -- Industrial Standards and Technology Pools : A Regulatory Challenge for EU Competition Law / Steven Anderman -- International Antitrust Solutions : Discrete Steps or Causally Linked? / Michal S. Gal -- Penumbras of European Union Competition Law : External Governance, Extraterritoriality, and the Shifting Borderlands of the Internal Market / Clifford A. Jones -- The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in the Development of Competition Law / Albert A. Foer.
Summary:
In recent years, an impressive proliferation of competition laws has been seen around the world. Whilst this development may lead to greater diversity of approaches, economic arguments may promote convergence. The contributions to this book look at a number of most topical issues by asking whether the competition world is turning more towards convergence or diversity. These issues include, among others, the changing role of economics in times of economic crises and political change, the introduction of criminal sanctions, resale-price maintenance, unilateral conduct and the application of comp.
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