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100	1		_aCarstensen, Peter C. _996827
245	1	0	_aCompetition policy and the control of buyer power _ba global issue _cPeter C. Carstensen.
260			_aNorthampton, MA _bEdward Elgar _c2017
490	1		_aNew horizons in competition law and economics series
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aContents: Acknowledgements -- 1. Buyer power: a pervasive challenge to competition policy -- 2. policy perspectives: competition policy should focus on promoting and advancing the competitive process -- 3. Buyer power: its definition and measurement -- 4. The potential competitive harms from the existence and abuse of buyer power -- 5. Competition policy dealing with unilateral conduct by buyers -- 6. Market regulation and other strategies to remedy abuse of buyer power -- 7. Competition policy for buying cartels, buying groups and other contractual restraints involving buyer power -- 8. Controlling the creation of buyer power through merger policy -- 9. Conclusion: the centrality of market structure and the limits of national authority --Index.
520			_aThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic and competition policy issues that buyer power creates. Drawing on economic analysis and cases from around the world, it explains why conventional seller side standards and analyses do not provide an adequate framework for responding to the problems that buyer power can create. Based on evidence that abuse of buyer power is a serious problem for the competitive process, the book evaluates the potential for competition law to deal directly with the problems of abuse either through conventional competition law or special rules aimed at abusive conduct. Peter C. Carstensen's expert analysis uses the policy goal of preserving and protecting the competitive process as a guide, and evaluates competition law and policy found around the world for diverse perspectives. He identifies and evaluates controls beyond conventional competition rules and makes recommendations for competition policy, including focus on limiting the emergence of undue buyer power, strict controls limiting the size of legitimate buyer groups, prohibition in most instances of buyer cartels, and strict standards to bar mergers creating buyer power to provide a set of policies that can constrain the risks of undue buyer power. Competition law scholars, competition law practitioners, staff of competition enforcement agencies, economists interested in competition policy, and agricultural economists interested in market systems will all find this book a strong resource.
650		0	_aAntitrust law. _996828
650		0	_aPurchasing power. _996829
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	1		_z9781782540571 (hardback)
830		0	_aNew horizons in competition law and economics. _994518
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