Competition Policy: Delivering for Consumers, Proceedings of the Workshop
Allowing consumers to have a fair share of the benefits resulting from effective competition is one of the targets of competition policy. Better quality and innovative products, more choice and lower prices are the most prominent practical results. However, distortion of competition by antitrust infringements or an inefficient enforcement of competition rules still causes consumer harm. This workshop aims to examine in which areas consumers actually benefit from competition and where there is still room for improvement. This workshop and the respective document were prepared by the Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).
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Frédéric JENNY, Peter FREEMAN and Isabelle BUSCKE
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- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- business ethics
- business organisation
- competition
- competition law
- consumer behaviour
- consumer protection
- consumption
- data protection
- economic concentration
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- electronic commerce
- EU competition policy
- free competition
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- international competition
- marketing
- opinion poll
- restriction on competition
- social framework
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- TRADE