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Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2019/2020

The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team, this article surveys some of the main developments at th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karlinger, Liliane, Magos, Dimitrios, Régibeau, Pierre, Zenger, Hans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33204051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-020-09796-6
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Sumario:The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team, this article surveys some of the main developments at the Directorate General for Competition over 2019/2020. In particular, the article reviews the economic analysis in the Qualcomm predation case, recent developments in the assessment of vertical mergers, as well as the new “Temporary Framework” that has been developed in the wake of the COVID pandemic.