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Development and goals of competition law

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  • Mateusz Blachucki

    (Polish Academy of Sciences)

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The article presents the historical development of competition law discussing reasons for adopting particular national antimonopoly legislation. The following analysis of goals of competition law leads to the conclusion that there is no agreement what goals competition law should have. Furthermore some of identified goals of competition law are conflicting. Nonetheless the majority of national competition laws and the academics accept that competition law should aim at achieving the basic economic goals that is consumer welfare. The rest of possible goals of competition law depend on political choices of governments.

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  • Mateusz Blachucki, 2013. "Development and goals of competition law," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 12(2), pages 193-206, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:cpn:umkeip:v:12:y:2013:i:2:p:193-206
    DOI: 10.12775/EiP.2013.015
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    1. Lorenzo Federico Pace, 2007. "European Antitrust Law," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 4077.
    2. Christopher Decker, 2009. "Economics and the Enforcement of European Competition Law," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13406.
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    Keywords

    competition law; history of law; axiology of law;
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    JEL classification:

    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law
    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General

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