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Latest topics
December 2022
Competition in Energy Markets
Data Screening Tools for Competition Investigations
The Relationship between FDI Screening and Merger Control Reviews
Director Disqualification and Bidder Exclusion in Competition Enforcement
Competition and Inflation
The Goals of Competition Policy
Subsidies, Competition and Trade
Remedies and Commitments in Abuse Cases
Interactions between competition authorities and sector regulators
2022
Competition and Regulation in the Provision of Local Transportation Services
Interim Measures in Antitrust Investigations
Thinking out of the Competition Box: Enforcement Co-operation in Other Policy Areas
Purchasing Power and Buyers' Cartels
Market Power in the Digital Economy and Competition Policy
Disentangling Consummated Mergers – Experiences and Challenges
Integrating Consumer Behaviour Insights in Competition Enforcement
2021
Competition issues in books and e-books
Environmental considerations in competition enforcement
Ex Ante regulation and competition in digital markets
Competition issues in news media and digital platforms
Trade, development and competition
Economic analysis and evidence in abuse cases
The promotion of competitive neutrality by competition authorities
Competition enforcement and regulatory alternatives
Competition compliance programmes
Data portability, interoperability and competition
The concept of potential competition
Methodologies to measure market competition
2020
Competition in digital advertising markets
Sustainability and Competition
Competition Economics of Digital Ecosystems
The Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Economic Recovery
Competition policy: Time for a reset?
Abuse of dominance in digital markets
Economic analysis in merger investigations
Using market studies to tackle emerging competition issues
Line of business restrictions as a solution to competition concerns
Criminalisation of cartels and bid rigging conspiracies
Conglomerate effects of mergers
Consumer data rights and competition
Start-ups, killer acquisitions and merger control
2019
Independent sector regulators and competition
Access to the case file and protection of confidential information
Barriers to exit in competition
Hub-and-spoke arrangements in competition
Competition under fire
Competition provisions in trade agreements
Merger control in dynamic markets
Competition for-the-market
Publicly funded education markets
The standard of review by courts in competition cases
Licensing of IP rights and competition law
Competition issues in labour markets
Digital disruption in financial markets
Vertical mergers in the technology, media and telecom sector
2018
Designing publicly funded healthcare markets
Treatment of legally privileged information in competition proceedings
Gun jumping and suspensory effects of merger notifications
Excessive pricing in pharmaceuticals
Personalised pricing in the digital era
Quality considerations in the zero-price economy
How can competition contribute to fairer societies?
Gender and competition
Benefits and challenges of regional competition agreements
Investigative powers in practice
Competition law and state-owned enterprises
Taxi, ride-sourcing and ride-sharing services
Challenges and co-ordination of leniency programmes
Consumer-facing remedies
Non-price effects of mergers
Implications of E-commerce for Competition Policy
Market concentration
Blockchain and competition policy
2017
Focus on small agencies and those in developing economies: Overcoming adversity and attaining success
Judicial perspectives on competition law
Are competition and democracy symbiotic?
Extraterritorial reach of competition remedies
Co-operation between Competition Agencies and Regulators in the Financial Sector:
10 years on from the Financial Crisis
Common ownership by institutional investors and its impact on competition
Safe harbours and legal presumptions in competition law
Radical Innovation in the Electricity Sector
Market studies methodologies for competition authorities
Competition issues in aftermarkets
Rethinking the use of traditional antitrust enforcement tools in multi-sided markets
Algorithms and collusion
2016
Competition and innovation in land transport
Geographic market definition across national borders
Agency decision-making in merger cases: Prohibition and conditional clearances
Price discrimination
Big Data: Bringing competition policy to the digital era
Promoting competition; Protecting human rights
The role of market studies as a tool to promote competition
Independence of competition authorities - From designs to practices
Sanctions in antitrust cases
Disruptive innovations in legal services
Public interest considerations in merger control
Jurisdictional nexus in merger control regimes
Fidelity rebates
Commitment Decisions in Antitrust Cases
2015
Competition and Across Platform Parity Agreements
Competition and disruptive innovation in financial markets
Cartels involving intermediate goods
Does competition kill or create jobs? The links and drivers between competition and employment
The impact of disruptive innovations on competition law enforcement
Serial offenders: Why do some industries seem prone to endemic collusion?
Competitive Neutrality
Changes in Institutional Design of Competition Authorities
Disruptive Innovations
Liner Shipping
Competition and the use of tenders and auctions
Oligopoly Markets
Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement in Competition
2014
Changes in Institutional Design of Competition Authorities
Intellectual Property and Standard Settings
Competition and the use of tenders and auctions
Competition and the use of markers in leniency programmes
Enhanced Enforcement Co-operation
OECD inventory of international co-operation agreements on competition
Financing of the Roll-out of Broadband Networks
Competition in Public-Private Partnerships
Generic pharmaceuticals and competition
Airline Competition
Competition Issues in the Distribution of Pharmaceuticals
Fighting Corruption and Promoting Competition
Competition in Financial Consumer Protection
Investigations of Consummated and Non-notifiable Mergers
Evaluation of Competitive Impacts of Government Interventions
2013
Competition issues in Waste Management
Competition and macroeconomic outcomes factsheet
Ex officio cartel Investigation and the Use of Screens to Detect Cartels
Competition issues in the Food Chain Industry
Remedies in Cross-border Merger Cases
Definition of Transaction for the Purpose of Merger Control Review
Recent Developments in Rail Transportation Services
Competition in Road Fuel
Role and Measurement of Quality in Competition Analysis
Competition Issues in Television and Broadcasting
Competition and Poverty Reduction
Vertical Restraints for On-line Sales
Methods for Allocating Contracts for the Provision of Regional and Local Transportation Services
2012
Competition and Behavioural Economics
Competition and Payment Systems
Leniency for Subsequent Applicants
The Role of Efficiency Claims in Antitrust Proceedings
The Digital Economy
Competition and Commodity Price Volatility
Market Definition
Unilateral Disclosure of Information with Anticompetitive Effects
Improving International Co-operation in Cartel Investigations
Competition in Hospital Services
2011
Quantification of Harm to Competition by National Courts and Competition Agencies
Impact Evaluation of Merger Decisions
Promoting Compliance with Competition Law
Procedural Fairness: Competition Authorities, Courts
and Recent Developments
Economic Evidence in Merger Analysis
Remedies in Merger Cases
Cross-Border Merger Control: Challenges for Developing and Emerging Economies
Excessive Prices
Competition in Ports and Port Services
The Regulated Conduct Defence
Crisis Cartels
2010
Horizontal Agreements in the Environmental Context
Information Exchanges between Competitors under Competition Law
Pro-active Policies for Green Growth and the Market Economy
Arbitration and Competition
Emission Permits and Competition
Standard Setting
Competition and Credit Rating Agencies
Exit Strategies
Competition and Sports
Procedural Fairness: Issues in Civil and Administrative Enforcement Proceedings
Competition and Corporate Governance
Electricity: Renewables and Smart Grids
Competition, Concentration and Stability in the Banking Sector
Competition, State Aids and Subsidies
Collusion and Corruption in Public Procurement
2009
State-Owned Enterprises and the Principle of Competitive Neutrality
Generic Pharmaceuticals
Margin Squeeze
The Failing Firm Defence
Standard for Merger Review
Competition, Patents and Innovation II
Competition Policy, Industrial Policy and National Champions
Competition Policy and the Informal Economy
Two-Sided Markets
Competition and Regulation in Auditing and Related Professions
Competition and Financial Markets
2008
Monopsony and Buyer Power
Experience with Direct Settlements in Cartel Cases
Resale Price Maintenance
Competition Policy for Vertical Relations in Gasoline Retailing
Presenting Complex Economic Theories to Judges
Fidelity and Bundled Rebates and Discounts
Minority Shareholdings and Interlocking Directorates
Construction Industry
Land Use Restrictions as Barriers to Entry
Market Studies
The Interface between Competition and Consumer Policies
2007
Refusals to Deal
Managing Complex Mergers
Trade Associations
Taxi Services Regulation and Competition
Facilitating Practices in Oligopolies
Guidance to Business on Monopolisation and Abuse of Dominance
Dynamic Efficiencies in Merger Analysis
Competitive Restrictions in Legal Professions
Energy Security and Competition Policy
Public Procurement - The Role of Competition Authorities in Promoting Competition
Vertical Mergers
Improving Competition in Real Estate Transactions
2006
Evidentiary Issues in Proving Dominance
Plea Bargaining/Settlement of Cartel Cases
Competition, Patents and Innovation
Private Remedies
Competition and Regulation in Retail Banking
Competition and Efficient Usage of Payment Cards
Competition in Bidding Markets
Remedies and Sanctions in Abuse of Dominance Cases
Concessions
Environmental Regulation and Competition
Access to Key Transport Facilities
Prosecuting Cartels without Direct Evidence of Agreement
2005
Competition in the Provision of Hospital Services
The Impact of Substitute Services on Regulation
Barriers to Entry
Resale Below Cost Laws and Regulations
Structural Reform in the Rail Industry
Evaluation of the Actions and Resources of Competition Authorities
Competition on the Merits
2004
Competition and Regulation in Agriculture: Monopsony Buying and Joint Selling
Predatory Foreclosure
Enhancing Beneficial Competititon in the Health Professions
Intellectual Property Rights
Regulating Market Activities by Public Sector
Competition and Regulation in the Water Sector
2003
Cartels: Sanctions Against Individuals
Merger Remedies
Universal Service Obligations
Media Mergers
2002
Competition Issues in the Electricity Sector
Substantive Criteria Used for the Assessment of Mergers
Communication by Competition Authorities
Loyalty and Fidelity Discounts and Rebates
Merger Review in Emerging High Innovation Markets
2001
Competition and Regulation Issues in Telecommunications
Portfolio Effects in Conglomerate Mergers
Competition Policy in Subsidies and State Aid
Price Transparency
2000
Competition Issues in Road Transport
Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Competition Issues in Electronic Commerce
Competition Issues in Joint Ventures
Promoting Competition in the Natural Gas Industry
Mergers in Financial Services
1999
Competition in Local Services: Solid Waste Management
Competition in Professional Services
Airline Mergers and Alliances
Oligopoly
Promoting Competition in Postal Services
1998
Buying Power of Multiproduct Retailers
Relations between Regulators and Competition Authorities
Competition Policy and Procurement Markets
Competition and Regulation in Broadcasting in the Light of Convergence
Competition and Related Regulation Issues in the Insurance Industry
Enhancing the Role of Competition in the Regulation of Banks
1997
Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights
Competition Policy and International Airport Services
Railways: Structure, Regulation and Competition Policy
Resale Price Maintenance
1996
Judicial Enforcement of Competition Law
Application of Competition Policy to the Electricity Sector
Competition Issues related to Sports
General Cartel Bans: Criteria for Exemption for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Application of Competition Policy to High Tech Markets
Abuse of Dominance and Monopolisation
The Essential Facilities Concept
1995
The Reform of International Satellite Organisations
Competition in Telecommunications
- Developments in Telecommunications: An Update (1997)
- Developments in Telecommunications: Australia
- Developments in Telecommunications: Italy
- Developments in Telecommunications: Poland
Efficiency Claims in Mergers and Other Horizontal Agreements
Competition Policy and Film Distribution
Failing Firm Defence
Competition Policy and Environment
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