EUROPEAN COMMISSION FORWARD STUDIES UNIT Theories of Industrial Organisation and Competition Policy: What are the Links ?
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.........................................................................................................................7 I. Industrial Organisation and the characterisation of a market ...................................9 II. The use of industrial organisation in European competition policy: some illustrations. .......................................................................................................17 II.1 GOALS OF COMPETITION POLICY ...........................................................................19 II.2 CONCERTED PRACTICES AND PARALLELISM OF ACTIONS ..........................................21 II.3 COOPERATIVE R&D AND CARTELS ........................................................................25 II.4 MERGERS AND EFFICIENCY DEFENCE .....................................................................30 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................34 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................35
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