Economic theory and competition law/ edited by Josef Drexl, Laurence Idot, Joël Monéger

PART I: THE GOALS OF COMPETITION LAW - A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 1. Economic Analysis in EU Competition Cases Hans W. Friederiszick2. Competition Law and the Institutional Embeddedness of Economics David J. Gerber 3. The Goals of Japanese Competition Law Shuya Hayashi 4. Efficiency of Competition Law in Economies of Transition 5. The Treatment of Efficiencies in South African Merger Consideration Geoff Parr PART II: THE STATUS OF EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN COMPETITION LAW 6. Should Competition Law Promote Efficiency? Some Reflections of an Economist on the Normative Foundations of Competition Law Wolfgang Kerber7. Competition Law Should Promote Economic and Social Welfare by Ensuring the Freedom to Compete - A Lawyer's View Roger Zach 8. Appropriation of the Legal System by Economic Concepts: Should Conflicting Goals be Considered?Anne Perrot 9. Competition Law and Public Policy: Reconsidering an Uneasy Relationship - The Example of Article 81 Heike Schweitzer PART III: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND COMPETITION LAW IN PRACTICE 10. Restrictive Agreements and Unilateral Restraints: Merging Regimes on Market Power and Exclusion Thomas Almansberger 11. Convergence of Competition Law Prohibitions: Foundational Issues Michal S. Gal 12. Efficiencies in Merger Analysis: Alchemy in the Age of Empiricism?Thomas L. Greaney 13. Efficiency in Merger Law: Appropriateness of Efficiency Analysis in Ex-ante Assessment?Daniel Zimmer14. Efficient and/or Effective Enforcement Marie-Anne Frison-Roche 15. A Brief Overview of Some Conflicts between Economic Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Administrative or Judicial Process in Competition Law Antoine Louvaris 16. Conflicts between Economic Efficiency and Effective Judicial Process Muriel Chagny PART IV: GUEST SPEECH 17. Efficiency in the Enforcement Policy of the French Conseil de la Concurrence Bruno Lasserre