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"Preface" [2010] ELECD 347; in Mateus, M. Abel; Moreira, Teresa (eds), "Competition Law and Economics" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)

Book Title: Competition Law and Economics

Editor(s): Mateus, M. Abel; Moreira, Teresa

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848449992

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Preface
Competition policy is at a crossroad on both sides of the Atlantic.
Although the fight against cartels is today a broad area of consensus, with
some countries criminalizing this type of agreement, there is a large debate
on the questions of monopolization or abuses of dominant position,
brought vividly forward by the recent Microsoft case. Also on mergers
there are today diverging views on the interplay of business strategies and
the control of market power on a global and national scale. And, finally,
there is the perennial issue in Europe of the conflicts between competition
and industrial policies, again bringing the theme of national champions to
the fore. In this book, judges, enforcers and academics in law and econom-
ics from both sides of the Atlantic look at the consensus built so far and
try to clarify controversies in these areas. The contributions presented here
also try to make a final judgement on the efforts of modernization brought
about in both the US and the EU.
The Portuguese Competition Authority is, under its statutes, fully com-
mitted to further research in competition policy and to nurturing a com-
petition culture among economic agents. In this regard, it organized the
Second Lisbon Competition Law and Economics Conference, that took
place at Centro Cultural de Belém, 15­16 November, 2007.
The objective of the Conference was to debate current issues related
to competition law and economics, by leading experts in academia,
Competition Authorities and judges from Europe and North America.
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