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Economic Evidence in EU Competition Law

Economic Evidence in EU Competition Law

Author: Mitja Kovac
Publisher: Intersentia Publishers
ISBN: 9781780682860
Published In: March 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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The use of economic theory and economic evidence in competition cases, their appropriate interpretation, meaning, impact, usefulness and validity are among the most challenging issues that judges and legal practitioners are facing in their daily decision-making.

Notorious questions of, for example, how courts, practitioners and other decision-making bodies should employ economic evidence and what weight (and credibility) should be attached to such evidence where different experts offer different suggestions are among the most complex ones.

This book, while addressing such questions, provides tools for judges, scholars and legal practitioners to employ economic evidence in a more effective, optimal and predictable way so as to overcome the identified, EU-wide obstacles in enforcing current EU competition law.This edited volume address the importance, implications, practices, problems and the role of economic evidence in EU competition law. It includes contributions on the use of the economic approach in the application and enforcement of EU competition law in different EU countries, candidate member states and third countries.

The book features scholars who are experts in the field of competition law and economics as well as several of the most prominent European judges who provide first-hand information on the use of economic evidence in practice. The book is not limited to a particular subfield of competition law, but covers the area of competition law at large, including state aid.

This reflects the fact that also the European Commission has gradually expanded the application of the economic approach to all areas of competition law.

General Introduction

PART I. ECONOMIC METHODS IN COMPETITION LAW

Chapter 1. The More Economic Approach in European Competition Law: Is More Too Much or Not Enough?

Chapter 2. The Value of Training in Quantitative Methods for Judges

Chapter 3. Reliable Research Methods in Applied Econometrics for Competition Law

PART II. ECONOMIC EVIDENCES IN COMPETITION LAW

Chapter 4. Economic Evidence in Competition Law: The Experience from a National Administrative Court

Chapter 5. Competition Law and Behavioural Evidence in a Courtroom?

Chapter 6. Judges, Ex Ante Decisions, Evidence and Proof

Chapter 7. Law and Economics’ Evidence in Competition Law: Jurisprudence in Slovenia

PART III. INSIDER TRADING, CARTELS AND CRIMINALISATION

Chapter 8. An Analysis of the Criminalisation of Insider Trading at EU Level