Price Squeezes with Positive Margins in Eu Competition Law: Economic and Legal Anatomy of a Zombie
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Whilst this stands to reason, the TeliaSonera case-law adds that there can also be an “exclusionary” abuse when rivals’ margins are “positive”, 2 by virtue, for instance of “reduced profitability”. 3 In other words, there is an infringement of Article 102 TFEU even if rivals maintain the ability to competitively sell their products at prices above costs. We call this the positive margin squeeze theory.
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