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This book addresses the important issue of the negative effects of anticompetitive regulation on industry and the massive economic harm it causes. The distinguished contributors, including economic and legal scholars, advocate the need for a review of all anticompetitive laws and address several industry and country case studies with the ultimate aim of providing recommendations to eliminate the impact of anticompetitive regulation. The first part of the book considers regulations affecting private business and professions, part 2 covers public utility and public services regulation, whilst part 3 discusses the role of institutions and competition authorities in relation to anticompetitive practices. The authors draft guidelines, based on economic evidence and legal arguments, which they believe would provide a starting point for the European Union to address the problem. They go on to propose possible implementation strategies for these guidelines from both an institutional and legal perspective. The book also includes an historical perspective on the evolution of anticompetitive regulation complemented by an overview of the actions currently being implemented to address and reverse the problem in other jurisdictions. Although primarily designed to aid and assist policymakers, the multidisciplinary perspective adopted by the book means it should also become an essential companion for economists, lawyers and academics whose interests lie in the areas of regulation, deregulation and liberalization.

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`This is a remarkable book. . . This book is more than the proceedings of a conference or a set of papers prepared for a conference. It is a serious contribution to a debate which needs to be held and held soon. It would be a shame if the great work contained in this book were to go unnoticed.' -- Vincent J.G. Power, International Company and Commercial Law Review

'This is a remarkable book... This book is more than the proceedings of a conference or a set of papers prepared for a conference. It is a serious contribution to a debate which needs to be held and held soon. It would be a shame if the great work contained in this book were to go unnoticed.' -- Vincent J.G. Power, International Company and Commercial Law Review

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Edited by Giuliano Amato, Vice-President, European Convention 2002–2003, Professor, European University Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy and Laraine L. Laudati, Senior Research Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy and Legal Consultant to the European Commission

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