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Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2019/2020

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  • Liliane Karlinger

    (European Commission MADO 17/013)

  • Dimitrios Magos

    (European Commission MADO 17/061)

  • Pierre Régibeau

    (European Commission MADO 17/026)

  • Hans Zenger

    (European Commission MADO 17/014)

Abstract

The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team, this article surveys some of the main developments at the Directorate General for Competition over 2019/2020. In particular, the article reviews the economic analysis in the Qualcomm predation case, recent developments in the assessment of vertical mergers, as well as the new “Temporary Framework” that has been developed in the wake of the COVID pandemic.

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  • Liliane Karlinger & Dimitrios Magos & Pierre Régibeau & Hans Zenger, 2020. "Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2019/2020," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 57(4), pages 783-814, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:57:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s11151-020-09796-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-020-09796-6
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