Frontier Publications
- Keep 'em un-coordinatedCoordinated effects in mergersBulletin | 19.08.2010.
- The times, they’re a changin’Using economics to adapt to climate changeBulletin | 11.08.2010.
- Taking the strain Risk-sharing in UK rail frachisingBulletin | 01.08.2010.
- Necessary inventionsEconomic policies to increas low-carbon innovationBulletin | 15.07.2010.
- Economic Analysis of the RSPTWith a postscript on the negotiated outcomePaper | 05.07.2010.
- Not patently obviousHolders of patents and the Australian Trade Practices ActBulletin | 30.06.2010.
- Shelf lifeUsing promotions effectivelyBulletin | 10.06.2010.
- RPI-X@20: Output measures in the future regulatory frameworkA report prepared for OfgemPaper | 31.05.2010.
- RPI-X@20: The future role of benchmarking in regulatory reviewsA final report prepared for OfgemPaper | 31.05.2010.
- Public competitionThe choices facing the UK government after the electionBulletin | 29.04.2010.
Surgery or medicine?
The use of behavioural remedies in merger controlCompetition authorities have tended to prefer structural to behavioural remedies when addressing concerns raised by mergers. The recent Tetra Laval/Sidel judgment by the European Court of Justice and two remedies reviews - one completed by the International Competition Network and another underway by the UK Competition Commission - may suggest greater scope for behavioural remedies in the future. This bulletin examines the circumstances in which behavioural remedies may provide acceptable alternatives to structural remedies in reversing a loss of competition due to a merger; or limiting its effects on customers and rivals.
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