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Competition Policy in Central Eastern Europe in the Light of EU Accession

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  • Jens Hölscher
  • Johannes Stephan

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This study reviews the progress made in EU accession candidates on competition policy. The analysis shows that institution‐building and legislation are well under way and that anti‐trust practice is not too lax. Due to the diversity among the accession countries under review, the study finds that the strictly rule‐based frame work of the EU might not be the most favourable solution for some candidates: firstly, the small and open economies of most candidates make it particularly difficult to define the ‘relevant market’ in competition cases. Secondly, the traditionally intense vertical integration of production in accession states calls for a reassessment of ‘vertical restraints’. The policy implications of this study suggest that the EU competition task force should take a proactive, case‐by‐case approach vis‐à‐vis its new members.

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  • Jens Hölscher & Johannes Stephan, 2004. "Competition Policy in Central Eastern Europe in the Light of EU Accession," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 321-345, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:42:y:2004:i:2:p:321-345
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2004.00490.x
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    1. Martin Feldkircher & Reiner Martin & Julia Wörz, 2010. "Measuring Competition in CESEE: Stylized Facts and Determinants across Countries and Sectors," Focus on European Economic Integration, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue 3, pages 38-62.
    2. Klaus Friesenbichler, 2014. "EU Accession, Domestic Market Competition and Total Factor Productivity. Firm Level Evidence," WIFO Working Papers 492, WIFO.
    3. Hölscher, Jens & Nulsch, Nicole & Stephan, Johannes, 2010. "State Aid in the Enlarged European Union. An Overview," IWH Discussion Papers 24/2010, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    4. Kronthaler, Franz, 2007. "Effectiveness of Competition Law: A Panel Data Analysis," IWH Discussion Papers 7/2007, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    5. Török, Ádám, 2005. "Gazdasági felzárkózás és versenypolitika. A dél-afrikai eset komparatív tanulságai [Economic catch-up and competition policy. Comparative lessons of the case of South Africa]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(10), pages 736-754.
    6. Jens Hölscher & Johannes Stephan, 2009. "Competition and Antitrust Policy in the Enlarged European Union: A Level Playing Field?," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 863-889, September.
    7. Andreas Bartels & Doru Alexandru Ple?ea & Michael Studeny & Vanessa Just, 2017. "The Interdependence of Competition Policy, Consumer Policy and Regulation in Introducing and Safeguarding Effective Competition in the EU Telecommunications Market," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 19(45), pages 367-367, May.
    8. Nölke, Andreas, 2011. "Transnational economic order and national economic institutions: comparative capitalism meets international political economy," MPIfG Working Paper 11/3, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    9. Robert Feinberg & Mieke Meurs & Kara Reynolds, 2012. "Maintaining New Markets: Explaining Antitrust Enforcement in Central and Eastern Europe," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 12(2), pages 203-219, June.

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