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Does Europe mean americanization? The case of competition

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  • Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic

    (CSO - Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This paper traces the process whereby competition has come to be valued in our economies. Taking a step back in history, we show how it all started not with competition but with cooperation in fact, in the last decades of the 19th century. Comparing Germany and the USA, we then show how national paths diverged after that. While cooperation remained the accepted and dominant rule in Europe, a particular understanding of competition, what we call oligopolistic competition, came to triumph in the United States. After World War II, this particular understanding was diffused to other parts of the world and particularly to Western Europe. When it comes to competition, we thus show that the basic and formal rules of the game that structure Europe today owe a lot, historically, to American models. However, we ponder in the conclusion on the limits to that process of "soft convergence".

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  • Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, 2002. "Does Europe mean americanization? The case of competition," Post-Print hal-01892017, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01892017
    DOI: 10.1080/10245290215046
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    1. Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, 2005. "How Capitalism Lost its Soul," Post-Print hal-01892001, HAL.
    2. John K. Ashton & Andrew D. Pressey, 2007. "The Regulatory Perception of the Marketing Function: an Interpretation of UK Competition Authority Investigations 1950-2005," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) 2007-, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    3. Giocoli, Nicola, 2008. "Competition vs. property rights: American antitrust law, the Freiburg School and the early years of European competition policy," MPRA Paper 33807, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Andrew Pressey & John K. Ashton, 2007. "Competition Policy Implications of Electronic Business-to-Business Marketplaces: Issues for Marketers," Working Papers 07-15, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia.
    5. Ergen, Timur & Kohl, Sebastian, 2017. "Varieties of economization in competition policy: A comparative analysis of German and American antitrust doctrines, 1960-2000," MPIfG Discussion Paper 17/18, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    6. John K. Ashton & Andrew D. Pressey, 2012. "Who Manages Cartels? The Role of Sales and Marketing Managers within International Cartels: Evidence from the European Union 1990-2009," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) 2012-11, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    7. John K. Ashton & Andrew D. Pressey, 2009. "The Regulatory Challenge to Branding: An Interpretation of UK Competition Authority Investigations 1950-2007," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) 2009-02, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
    8. Nicola Giocoli, 2009. "Competition Versus Property Rights: American Antitrust Law, The Freiburg School, And The Early Years Of European Competition Policy," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 5(4), pages 747-786.
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    10. John Ashton & Khac Pham, 2007. "Efficiency and Price Effects of Horizontal Bank Mergers," Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) 2007-09, Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
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    12. Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic, 2005. "How Capitalism Lost its Soul," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-01892001, HAL.

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