Title: Competition policy in the global economy : modalities for co- operation /
Authors: Waverman, Leonard.; Comanor, William S.; Goto, Akira, 1945-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Competition, International; Foreign trade regulation.; International cooperation; Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Abstract: International agreements on competition law and policy are notoriously difficult to implement. This collection examines the complexities involved when international coordination and harmonization of competition law and policy are considered. Presenting an analysis of the issues surrounding cooperation and convergence, a number of key factors are examined. They include the impact of differing antitrust laws across borders on trade and investment, the effects on competition policy of international strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, the trade-off between firm privacy and antitrust needs in coordinating information flow across borders. The final section addresses major policy themes in the context of how to proceed in the future.
Contents: Globalization, domestic policies and the need for harmonization / Sylvia Ostry -- Trends in the forms of international business organization / A. Edward Safarian -- Mergers and acquisitions in Japan and the anti-monopoly policy / Hiroyuki Odagiri -- Interjurisdictional conflict in merger review / A. Neil Campbell and Michael J. Trebilcock -- Strategic alliances : a threat to competition? / Shyam Khemani and Leonard Wabverman -- Confidentiality in the era of increased cooperation between antitrust authorities / James F. Rill and Calvin S. Goldman -- Collaborative R & D and competition policy : economic analysis in the light of Japanese experience / Kotaro Suzumura and Akira Goto -- International R & D cooperations / Werner Meissner and Rainer Markl -- Public policies towards cooperation in research and development : the European Union, Japan and the United States / Stephen Martin -- Innovation, market structure and antitrust : harmonizing competition policy in regimes of rapid technological change / Thomas M. Jorde and David J. Teece -- Vertical interfirm relations : a competition policy issue? / Annette Bongardt -- Competition policy towards vertical foreclosure in a global economy / William S. Comanor and Patrick Rey -- Keiretsu : interfirm relations in Japan / Akira Goto and Kotaro Suzumura -- Trade liberalization and the coordination of competition policy / Damien Neven and Paul Seabright -- The harmonization of competition and trade law : the case for modest linkages of law and the limits to parochial state action / Eleanor M. Fox and Janusz A. Ordover -- The harmonization of international competition law enforcement / Donald I. Baker [and others].