Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2017/2018

The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and state aids. This year’s article provides first a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team and surveys some of the main achievem...

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Main Authors: Amelio, A. (Author), Buettner, T. (Author), Hariton, C. (Author), Koltay, G. (Author), Papandropoulos, P. (Author), Sapi, G. (Author), Valletti, T. (Author), Zenger, H. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer New York LLC 2018
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aid
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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