This comprehensive Handbook explores the dynamics of international cooperation and national enforcement. It identifies initiatives that led to the current state of collaboration and also highlights current and future challenges. The Handbook features 22 contributions on topical subjects including: competition in developed and developing economies, enforcement trends, advocacy and regional and multinational cooperation. In addition, selected areas of law are explored from a comparative perspective. These include intellectual property and competition law, the pharmaceutical industry, merger control worldwide and the application of competition law to agreements and dominant market position.
Presenting an overview of the current state of cooperation and convergence as well as a comparative analysis of substance and procedure, this authoritative Handbook will prove an invaluable reference tool for competition officials, practitioners and academics with an interest in competition law.
Contributors include: A. Abbot, S. Anderman, D. Baker, C. Beaton Wells, U. Bernitz, B. Blumenthal, M. Carrier, T. Cheng, L. Copi, P. Evans, A. Ezrachi, A. Fels, H. Hollman, A. Jones, D. Kallay, I. Lianos, I. Maher, P. Marsden, K. McMahon, G. Monti, M. O Kane, J. Padila, A. Papadopoulos, H. Schmidt, D. Sokol, M. Stuck, F. Wagner-von Papp