Competition Policy: History, Theory and Practice - Hardcover

Neumann, Manfred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840643005 ISBN 13: 9781840643008

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Given the increase in large scale mergers throughout the world, this book addresses the growing problem of restricted competition through collusion and the perennial debate surrounding the use of government subsidies for industries to further national interests.

The aims of the book are threefold; firstly, to elucidate the antecedents of competition policy in the US and Europe and to demonstrate how far a convergence of principles has developed. Secondly, to outline the theory of industrial organisation as a major tool to devise an appropriate policy, and thirdly, to discuss the practice of competition policy in the US, individual European countries and the EC as a whole, in terms of collusion, mergers and vertical restraints.

Manfred Neumann comprehensively explores the economic arguments that justify the need for competition policy. He considers the historical development of competition policy and the relationship between competition policy and the objectives of governmental policy as a whole. In conclusion, he argues that competition policy should be regarded as a constituent part of economic and social policy.

This enlightening and comprehensive book will be of great value to students, researchers and practitioners of law, corporate strategy and industrial and political economics.

About this title

About the Author

The late Manfred Neumann, formerly Professor Emeritus of Economics, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840643005
• ISBN 13: 9781840643008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240