Roger J. Van den Bergh, Professor of Law and Economics, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

'The role of economic analysis in defining the sense of antitrust rules. The convergence between the US and the EU and their enduring differences. The competition laws recently adopted in other continents. Wherever you are in the world, you will find in this book everything you wanted to know about antitrust.'--Giuliano Amato, Judge of the Italian Constitutional Court, Former Prime Minister'Comparative Competition Law and Economics is a tour de force. It offers a fully integrated analysis of US and EU competition law and economics. The legal and economic analyses are up-to-date, comprehensive, provocative and yet readable. It deserves a spot on your bookshelf.'--Daniel Rubinfeld, New York University, School of Law and University of California, Berkeley, US'This is an excellent and truly interdisciplinary textbook on competition law and economics, in which students learn both the most important economic insights and the legal rules in a clear and comprehensible way. Particularly valuable is the comparative perspective in regard to EU competition law, US antitrust law, and other new competition laws in the world.'--Wolfgang Kerber, Marburg University, Germany

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic approaches to competition law 3. The goals of competition law 4. Market power, market definition and entry barriers 5. Horizontal Restrictions 6. Vertical Restrictions 7. Unilateral conduct of dominant firms 8. Enforcement 9. Merger Control Index

Roger J. Van den Bergh, Professor of Law and Economics, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

'The role of economic analysis in defining the sense of antitrust rules. The convergence between the US and the EU and their enduring differences. The competition laws recently adopted in other continents. Wherever you are in the world, you will find in this book everything you wanted to know about antitrust.'--Giuliano Amato, Judge of the Italian Constitutional Court, Former Prime Minister'Comparative Competition Law and Economics is a tour de force. It offers a fully integrated analysis of US and EU competition law and economics. The legal and economic analyses are up-to-date, comprehensive, provocative and yet readable. It deserves a spot on your bookshelf.'--Daniel Rubinfeld, New York University, School of Law and University of California, Berkeley, US'This is an excellent and truly interdisciplinary textbook on competition law and economics, in which students learn both the most important economic insights and the legal rules in a clear and comprehensible way. Particularly valuable is the comparative perspective in regard to EU competition law, US antitrust law, and other new competition laws in the world.'--Wolfgang Kerber, Marburg University, Germany

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic approaches to competition law 3. The goals of competition law 4. Market power, market definition and entry barriers 5. Horizontal Restrictions 6. Vertical Restrictions 7. Unilateral conduct of dominant firms 8. Enforcement 9. Merger Control Index

Roger J. Van den Bergh, Professor of Law and Economics, Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

'The role of economic analysis in defining the sense of antitrust rules. The convergence between the US and the EU and their enduring differences. The competition laws recently adopted in other continents. Wherever you are in the world, you will find in this book everything you wanted to know about antitrust.'--Giuliano Amato, Judge of the Italian Constitutional Court, Former Prime Minister'Comparative Competition Law and Economics is a tour de force. It offers a fully integrated analysis of US and EU competition law and economics. The legal and economic analyses are up-to-date, comprehensive, provocative and yet readable. It deserves a spot on your bookshelf.'--Daniel Rubinfeld, New York University, School of Law and University of California, Berkeley, US'This is an excellent and truly interdisciplinary textbook on competition law and economics, in which students learn both the most important economic insights and the legal rules in a clear and comprehensible way. Particularly valuable is the comparative perspective in regard to EU competition law, US antitrust law, and other new competition laws in the world.'--Wolfgang Kerber, Marburg University, Germany

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic approaches to competition law 3. The goals of competition law 4. Market power, market definition and entry barriers 5. Horizontal Restrictions 6. Vertical Restrictions 7. Unilateral conduct of dominant firms 8. Enforcement 9. Merger Control Index