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Zusatztext Although written mainly by economists, the book is easily accessible to nonspecialists. It provides a useful assessment of the current debates on EU Competition Policy...[a] very effective book Informationen zum Autor Xavier Vives is Professor of Economics and Finance at IESE Business School. He has been Research Professor at Institut d'Analisi Economica (CSIC) and ICREA-UPF, Professor at INSEAD, Harvard Universty, the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Universita Pompeu Fabra. Professor Vives's research has appeared in leading international journals including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies and the Journal of Political Economy. He is also the author of Information and Learning in Markets (Princeton UP, 2008) and Oligopoly Pricing: Old Ideas and New Tools (MIT Press, 1999). He has been editor of international academic journals and has received several research prizes and honors such as being elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1992 and of the European Economic Association in 2004. Her has a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley. Klappentext A volume that takes stock and looks ahead on the development and implementation of competition policy in the European Union fifty years after the Treaty of Rome. The book provides an economic approach to competition policy and reflects the main areas of interest, open issues and progress in the area. Zusammenfassung A volume that takes stock and looks ahead on the development and implementation of competition policy in the European Union fifty years after the Treaty of Rome. The book provides an economic approach to competition policy and reflects the main areas of interest, open issues and progress in the area. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Xavier Vives: Introduction 2: Philip Lowe: The Design of Competition Policy Institutions for the 21st Century- the Experience of the Europan Commission and DG Competition 3: Jorge Padilla: Article 81 Revisited: Deciphering EC Antitrust Goals and Rules 4: John Vickers: Some Economics of Abuse of Dominance 5: Massimo Motta: Cartels in the European Union: Economics. Law, Practice 6: Bruce Lyons: An Economic Assessment of EC Merger Control: 1957-2007 7: David Spector: State Aids: Economic Analysis and Practice in the EU 8: Martin Hellwig: Competition Policy and Sector-Specific Regulations for Network Industries 9: Jordi Gual: European Telecoms Regulation: Past Performance and Prospects 10: Elena Carletti and Xavier Vives: Regulation and Competition Policy in the Banking Sector 11: Richrd Green: EU Regulation and Competition Policy among the Energy Utilities 12: William Kovacic: Competition Policy in the European Union and the United States: Convergence or Divergence? ...
