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Reforming European competition policy

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Calciano, Filippo Luca [UCL]

Operating a complex competition policy, the EU intends to ensure undistorted competition within the Single Market. Today, with competition being increasingly necessary for Europe in order to combat the challenges of globalisation, the global crisis has shed light on some of the existing weaknesses in the system, especially regarding consumer welfare. In this article, the author brings to light the importance of implementing an economic approach to competition policy. This approach offers more consumer protection as well as giving businesses the opportunity to freely choose the most profitable commercial practices available to them.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès interdit
Publication date 2009
Language Anglais
Journal information "European View" - Vol. 8, no. 1, p. &25-131 (Juin 2009)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer (Berlin)
issn 1781-6858
e-issn 1865-5831
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
Keywords Competition policy ; Single market ; Consumer protection ; Commercial practices ; European competition policy ; Business practices
Links
  1. Calciano, FL (2008) European competition policy: design, implementation and political support. Research Report for the Centre for European Studies (CES), Brussels, Preliminary Draft
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Bibliographic reference Calciano, Filippo Luca. Reforming European competition policy. In: European View, Vol. 8, no. 1, p. &25-131 (Juin 2009)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/28906