1st Edition

The Internationalisation of Competition Rules

By Brendan J. Sweeney Copyright 2010
448 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

The widespread move towards more market-driven models of political economy combined with the expanding internationalisation of business and commerce has led to a series of proposals for global competition rules. To date these proposals have been hotly contested. The purpose of this book is to investigate in some depth whether there is a rational foundation for pursuing international competition... Read more

Part 1: Introduction  1. Introduction  Part 2: The Nature and Importance of Anti-Competitive Activities  2. Private Trade Barriers  3. Export Cartels  4. International Cartels  5. International Single Firm Conduct  Part 3: Application of Existing Measures to Anti-Competitive Conduct  6. Unilateralism  7. Cooperation  8. WTO Rules  9. Solutions

Biography

Brendan J. Sweeney is the Deputy Head of the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University, Australia.