Imperfect competition law enforcement

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1267-1297

  Schinkel, Maarten Pieter ^a   Tuinstra, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abuse of dominance; Antitrust; Collusion; Competition law enforcement; Competition policy; Type I and Type II errors

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABUSE OF DOMINANCE; COLLUSION; COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT; COMPETITION POLICY;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 33751515353     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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