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Title

Competition policy in Europe / Johann Eekhoff (editor) ; foreword by Karel Van Miert.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2004.

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Additional Authors

Eekhoff, Johann.

Description

viii, 249 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book shows that there is much to be gained from intensifying competition and that especially consumers would benefit. One task is to lay a sound basis for the application of competition. The other task is to implement and guarantee competition. The authors try to contribute to both."--Jacket.

Subject

• Industrial policy > Europe
• Competition > Government policy > Europe

Note

• "Otto Wolff Institute for Economic Studies, Cologne, sponsored by EPPA."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Competition -- the core of a market economy / Johann Eekhoff, Christiane Moch -- Ensuring a sound competition environment: rules, practice, reforms and challenges of European competition policy / Jean-François Pons, Timothée Sautter -- Regulating competition in the labour market: level playing field or barriers to entry for the unemployed? / Hermann Albeck, Steffen J. Roth -- Market oriented reforms and competition in European health care systems / Elias Mossialos, Alistair McGuire -- Competition in transport on the move / Arthur Gleijm -- Competition in European electricity supply: issues and obstacles / Gert Brunekreeft, Katja Keller -- Towards more competition in services of general economic interest / Phedon Nicolaides -- A new era of competition under the guidance of the court of first instance / Spyros A. Pappas, David Demortain.

ISBN

3540405518 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003059220

OCLC

53461864

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library