Chapters

• Economics in examples of anticompetitive agreements and concerted practices
• Agenda
• Anticompetitive agreements and concerted practices
• The general approach
• The European law: 101 TFEU
• The general approach
• Orientation: Vertical vs horizontal
• Why vertical vs horizontal matters
• Orientation: Vertical vs horizontal
• Guidelines
• Agenda
• Overview
• IE and unilateral effects
• IE and coordinated behaviour –the concern (theory of harm)
• Potential benefits of IE
• Some general conclusions
• Content and Characteristics of IE
• Characteristics of IE
• Assessing JVs
• Example Asphalt JV
• Example Asphalt JV: Theory of harm
• Example Asphalt JV: Evidence
• Example Asphalt JV: Economies of scale
• Example Asphalt JV: Econometric analysis
• Agenda
• Overview
• De minimis, presumptions and BER
• Example: RPM press wholesaling (“pressegrosso”)
• Example: Background
• Example: The arguments
• Example: Analysis and findings