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dc.contributor.authorMIRALLES MURCIEGO, Graciela
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-14T15:02:03Z
dc.date.available2014-07-14T15:02:03Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 2014en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/32096
dc.descriptionDefence date: 13 January 2014en
dc.descriptionExamining Board: Professor Giorgio Monti, European University Institute Professor Petros Mavroidis, European University Institute Professor Luis Ortiz Blanco, Garrigues & College of Europe Professor Daniel Sokol, Leivin College of Law, University of Florida.
dc.description.abstractThe thesis proposes an analysis of the evolving approach to abuse of dominance and monopolization through the case study of loyalty discounts as example of controversy both in the literature as well as in the case law. Much of this controversy draws from the fact that fidelity discounts constitute a price-based practice having similar effects to non price-based conducts such as exclusive dealing or tying. Therefore, evaluating their competitive impact necessarily requires a comprehensive assessment of vertical restraints as a whole. While the more economic approach to competition policy has influenced authorities' perception of rebates, different legal systems allow for different degrees of evolution in their actual assessment. This research puts into question the need for a hard law reform when it comes to practices calling for an economic assessment, given that the neutrality and consistency of economic tools may enable a soft law shifting of competition policy regimes.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLAWen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhD Thesisen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.lcshAntitrust law -- Economic aspects
dc.subject.lcshCompetition -- Economic aspects
dc.subject.lcshLaw and economics
dc.titlePrice and prejudice : a legal and economic approach to rebates
dc.typeThesisen
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