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Should Competition Law Promote Efficiency? Some Reflections of an Economist on the Normative Foundations of Competition Law

In: Economic Theory and Competition Law

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  • Wolfgang Kerber

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The context for this book is the increasingly complex relationship between economic theory and competition law which gives rise to lively political and academic debate on the direction competition law should take in a more global and innovation-oriented market place.

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  • Wolfgang Kerber, 2009. "Should Competition Law Promote Efficiency? Some Reflections of an Economist on the Normative Foundations of Competition Law," Chapters, in: Josef Drexl & Laurence Idot & Joël Monéger (ed.), Economic Theory and Competition Law, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Oliver Budzinski & Jürgen-Peter Kretschmer, 2009. "Horizontal Mergers, Involuntary Unemployment, and Welfare," MAGKS Papers on Economics 200907, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    2. Wolfgang Kerber & Karsten K. Zolna, 2022. "The German Facebook case: the law and economics of the relationship between competition and data protection law," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 54(2), pages 217-250, October.
    3. Budzinski, Oliver, 2012. "Empirische Ex-Post Evaluation von wettbewerbspolitischen Entscheidungen: Methodische Anmerkungen," Ilmenau Economics Discussion Papers 69, Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute of Economics.

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