The International Handbook of Competition - Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2013
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-84980-268-0 (ISBN)
Description
This indispensable Handbook examines the interface of competition policy, competition law and industrial economics.The book aims to further our understanding of how economic reasoning and legal expertise complement each other in defining the fundamental issues and principles in competition policy. In specially commissioned chapters the book provides a scholarly review of economic theory, empirical evidence and standards of legal evaluation with respect to monopolization of markets, exploitation of market power and mergers, among other issues.
The International Handbook of Competition Second Edition will be accessible to a wide audience including students of economics and law, public administrators, lawyers, consultants, and business executives.
Contributors: D.B. Audretsch, E.W. Bond, A.W.A. Boot, V. Ghosal, R. Griffith, K. Hueschelrath, C. Kirchner, M. Marinc, S. Martin, D.C. Mueller, L. Nesheim, M. Neumann, A. Rasch, A. Rathbone, C. Rowley, A. Wambach, J. Weigand, B.B. Yurtoglu
The International Handbook of Competition Second Edition will be accessible to a wide audience including students of economics and law, public administrators, lawyers, consultants, and business executives.
Contributors: D.B. Audretsch, E.W. Bond, A.W.A. Boot, V. Ghosal, R. Griffith, K. Hueschelrath, C. Kirchner, M. Marinc, S. Martin, D.C. Mueller, L. Nesheim, M. Neumann, A. Rasch, A. Rathbone, C. Rowley, A. Wambach, J. Weigand, B.B. Yurtoglu
Reviews / Votes
'This comprehensive Handbook demonstrates that academic thinking, new and old, has a role to play in shaping modern competition policy. -- Gunnar Niels, OxeraMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84980-268-0 (9781849802680)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Manfred Neumann | Juergen Weigand
The International Handbook of Competition
Book
12/2004
Edward Elgar Publishing
€246.61
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Persons
Edited by the late Manfred Neumann, formerly Professor Emeritus of Economics, University Erlangen-Nuernberg and Juergen Weigand, Professor of Economics, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany
Content
Contents:
Introduction
Manfred Neumann and Juergen Weigand
1. Globalization and the Natural Limits of Competition
Stephen Martin
2. Efficiency versus Market Power through Mergers
Dennis C. Mueller and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
3. Entrepreneurship and Competition Policy
David B. Audretsch
4. Trade Policy and Competition Policy: Conflict vs. Mutual Support
Eric W. Bond
5. Financial Services: Strategic Positioning and Competitive Issues
Arnoud W.A. Boot and Matej Marinc
6. The Political Economy of Antitrust
Charles Rowley and Anne Rathbone
7. Defining Antitrust Markets
Rachel Griffith and Lars Nesheim
8. Reconceptualizing Competition and Competition Policy in a New Institutional Economics-Perspective
Christian Kirchner
9. Horizontal Concentration, Endogenous Fixed Costs, Efficiency and Merger Control
Manfred Neumann
10. Assessing Potential Competition in Antitrust Markets
Vivek Ghosal
11. Fighting Hard Core Cartels
Kai Hueschelrath and Juergen Weigand
12. Auctions and Competition Policy
Alexander Rasch and Achim Wambach
Index
Introduction
Manfred Neumann and Juergen Weigand
1. Globalization and the Natural Limits of Competition
Stephen Martin
2. Efficiency versus Market Power through Mergers
Dennis C. Mueller and B. Burcin Yurtoglu
3. Entrepreneurship and Competition Policy
David B. Audretsch
4. Trade Policy and Competition Policy: Conflict vs. Mutual Support
Eric W. Bond
5. Financial Services: Strategic Positioning and Competitive Issues
Arnoud W.A. Boot and Matej Marinc
6. The Political Economy of Antitrust
Charles Rowley and Anne Rathbone
7. Defining Antitrust Markets
Rachel Griffith and Lars Nesheim
8. Reconceptualizing Competition and Competition Policy in a New Institutional Economics-Perspective
Christian Kirchner
9. Horizontal Concentration, Endogenous Fixed Costs, Efficiency and Merger Control
Manfred Neumann
10. Assessing Potential Competition in Antitrust Markets
Vivek Ghosal
11. Fighting Hard Core Cartels
Kai Hueschelrath and Juergen Weigand
12. Auctions and Competition Policy
Alexander Rasch and Achim Wambach
Index