Explores the promise and limitations of competitive market dynamics, looking at the threats to competition-cartels, agreements, monopolies, and mergers-and the laws in place across the US and European Union to safeguard the process of competition.
Explores the promise and limitations of competitive market dynamics, looking at the threats to competition--cartels, agreements, monopolies, and mergers--and the laws in place across the US and European Union to safeguard the process of competition.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: The Power of Competition
- 2: Markets
- 3: The goals and scope of competition and antitrust laws
- 4: What is the optimal level of enforcement?
- 5: The legal framework
- 6: Who enforces the law?
- 7: The fight against cartels
- 8: Horizontal and vertical agreements
- 9: Monopolies and the abuse of market power
- 10: Mergers and acquisitions
- 11: The international dimension
- Further Reading
- References
- Index
