Editores: Ioannis Kokkoris and Claudia Lemus.

Autores: Ruth Allen, José Azar, Antonio Capobianco, Maurits Dolmans, IIaria Fanton, Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Antonio Gomes, Pedro Gonzaga, Liza Gormsen, Maria Ioannidou, Matthew Johnson, Massimiliano Kadar, Ioannis Kokkoris, Gaetano Lapenta, Claudia Lemus, Luca Manigrassi, Despoina (Deni) Mantzari, Jack Mays, Henry Mostyn, Pierre Régibeau, Veronica Roberts, Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Athanassios Skourtis, Stefan Thomas, Patrick Todd, Anna Tzanaki, Cristina Volpin, Chris Whelan, Yan Yu, Nicolo Zingales

This incisive Research Handbook identifies and assesses the emerging trends in competition enforcement, investigating how such changes impact the enforcement approach of competition authorities and the behaviour of companies in an ever-evolving business and regulatory environment.


Insightful contributions from experts in the field of competition enforcement law cover anticompetitive agreements, unilateral conduct, and merger control, as well as exploring topics such as algorithmic collusion, market power and data, big data, industrial policy, consumer welfare, common ownership, and competition enforcement in digital platforms. Combining academic, practitioner, and enforcer perspectives, this expansive Research Handbook sheds light on topical developments concerning competition enforcement, representing an expansion of existing enforcement practices. The Research Handbook concludes by considering how competition authorities could address the proliferating competition enforcement challenges arising from the appearance of new markets, novel business models, and technological developments.


Bringing together unique perspectives on new trends affecting competition enforcement, this timely Research Handbook will prove invaluable to law firms with an international competition or merger law practice, as well as to economic consultants and competition and regulatory authorities. Comprehensive and accessible, its analysis of the latest developments and perspectives in competition enforcement establish the Research Handbook as essential reading material for scholars of law and business across the globe.


TABLE OF CONTENTS:


Foreword. Olivier Guersent


Preface


Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Law and Economics of
Competition Enforcement. Ionnis Kokkoris


1 Data collaboratives, competition law and the governance of EU data spaces. Nicolo Zingales


2 Price fixing: public and private enforcement. Daniel L. Rubinfeld


3 Pricing algorithms: the risk of collusion and personalised pricing. Antonio Gomes and Pedro Gonzaga


4 Competition enforcement: is the abuse toolbox adequate? Maurits Dolmans, Henry Mostyn and Patrick F. Todd


5 Market power and big data: mapping the role of data under Article 102 TFEU. Massimiliano Kadar and Luca Manigrassi


6 Data-related competition concerns in a digital era: key challenges for economic assessment. Yan Yu, Chris Whelan and Jack Mays


7 Power imbalances in online marketplaces: at the crossroads of competition law and regulation. Despoina Mantzari


8 Normative goals in merger control: why merger control should not attempt to achieve “better” outcomes than competition. Stefan Thomas


9 Addressing national security concerns in the merger context. Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Veronica Roberts and Ruth Allen


10 Common ownership and merger control enforcement. José Azar and Anna Tzanaki


11 The economics of merger control in a dynamic world: a focus on the relevant counterfactual. Matthew Johnson and Ilaria Fanton


12 Killer acquisitions? Evidence and potential theories of harm. Pierre Régibeau


13 The boundaries of public interest in merger control: taking into account non-competition issues including industrial policy and environmental protection. Antonio Capobianco and Gaetano Lapenta


14 Perspectives on digital regulation. Liza Gormsen


15 Digital agoraphobia: exploitative abuses in digital markets. Maria Ioannidou


16 Antitrust enforcement in the digital markets: the forgotten role of the courts. Claudia Lemus


17 Is consumer welfare still fit for purpose in the EU competition regime?. Ioannis Kokkoris and Athanassios Skourtis


18 Competition enforcement and sustainability: the odd couple. Cristina Volpin


Conclusions. Ioannis Kokkoris


Index