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Wettbewerbsfreiheit, Per se Verbote und die Rule of Reason – Anmerkungen zum institutionenökonomisch-evolutionären Wettbewerbsleitbild
Freedom to compete, per se rules and the rule of reason – Remarks on the institutional-evolutionary concept for competition policy

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  • Dieter Schmidtchen

    (Universität des Saarlandes)

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Recently, Chr. Mantzavinos proposed a new concept for antitrust analysis drawing on theoretical developments in New Institutional Economics and Evolutionary Economics. Criticizing the policy prescriptions based on traditional microeconomics and welfare economics, Mantzavinos pleas for a rule-governed antitrust policy which mainly operates with per se rules. This paper argues that the criticism of the traditional foundations of antitrust is inadequate and that per se rules rarely work. Reality confounds the principle of per se illegality and prompted courts to use a de facto rule of reason.

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  • Dieter Schmidtchen, "undated". "Wettbewerbsfreiheit, Per se Verbote und die Rule of Reason – Anmerkungen zum institutionenökonomisch-evolutionären Wettbewerbsleitbild
    Freedom to compete, per se rules and the rule of reason – Re    ," German Working Papers in Law and Economics 2006-1-1159, Berkeley Electronic Press.
    • Handle: RePEc:bep:dewple:2006-1-1159
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    Wettbewerbsfreiheit; evolutionärer Prozeß; Institutionen; Antitrust; per se rule; rule of reason;
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