Antitrust Law Amidst Financial Crises

Informationen zum Autor Ioannis Kokkoris is a principal case officer/economic advisor at the Office of Fair Trading, a visiting Professor at Bocconi University, a visiting lecturer at City University Law School, London, and a visiting Fellow at Durham University. He is also an international consultant on competition policy for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal is Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick, where he specialises in insolvency and financial law. He is also a member of the editorial or advisory boards of several related journals and a member of various national and international institutions and associations specialising in comparative commercial and insolvency law. Klappentext An exploration of whether competition policy enforcement should be more lenient during periods of financial crisis. Zusammenfassung This book addresses whether the risks of a systemic crisis to an entire market can justify the adoption of a more lenient approach to established standards in competition enforcement. It provides a valuable practical guide for policy makers as well as practitioners in the field of competition policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: overview of the book; 2. Introduction to competition law: EU, UK and US; 3. Financial crises: roots and implications; 4. Failing firm defence: EU and US; 5. Efficiency defence: EU and US; 6. Crisis cartels; 5. State aids; 6. Competition enforcement in periods of crises; 7. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Ioannis Kokkoris, Ioannis (University of Reading) Kokkoris, Ioannis (University of Reading) Olivares Kokkoris, Ioannis Olivares-Caminal Kokkoris, Kokkoris Ioannis, Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Rodrigo (University of Warwick) Olivares-Caminal, Olivares-Caminal Rodrigo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521194839
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19483-9
• No. of pages: 574
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Antitrust, Financial services law and regulation, Competition law / Antitrust law, Financial services law & regulation