European Competition Policy and Globalization

This book examines the domestic and international dimensions of European Union (EU) competition policy, particularly mergers, anti-competitive practices and state aids. The authors argue that important changes in EU competition policy are having profound effects on the global political economy, and these changes are best understood as European Commission responses to new domestic and international pressures. Using a two-level game analytical framework that is both intra-EU and global in scope, Damro and Guay investigate a wide variety of domestic and foreign public and private actors that interact in crucial ways to determine the development and implementation of EU competition policy. They address this broad question: In what ways do changing external and internal factors affect the evolution of the EU's competition policy and the role that the Commission plays in it? Among the conclusions is that the EU – and particularly the European Commission – has become a leading global regulator.

Chad Damro is Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations and Co-Director of the Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he teaches honours and post-graduate courses on EU external relations. His research focuses on international and domestic sources of International Relations and the interaction of material, institutional and ideational factors in EU external relations.

Terrence R. Guay is Clinical Professor of International Business at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University, USA, where he teaches undergraduate and MBA international business courses. His research focuses on the competition between governments, international organizations, NGOs, and other non-state actors to shape business behavior and the international business environment, with an emphasis on Europe.