Antitrust Around the World: An Empirical Analysis of the Scope of Competition Laws and their Effects
1 August 2007
By Dr. Fei Deng with Professor Keith Hylton of Boston University
There has been a growing movement recently calling for the use of empirical evidence to judge the effectiveness of antitrust law in securing its goals. However, due to the lack of useful statistical information on the law, enforcement policies, and penalties, few empirical studies currently exist. In this article from the Antitrust Law Journal, NERA Senior Consultant Dr. Fei Deng and Professor Keith Hylton of Boston University present an effort to use information on competition laws around the world to assess their scope and effectiveness. The foundation of their study is a dataset that codes key features of the competition laws of 102 countries. The authors first compare the scope of the laws overall and then assess various subcomponents, such as the law governing dominance, collusive conduct, and mergers. They then examine whether a nation's competition law has any effect on the intensity of competition within its borders.
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