TY - BOOK AU - Dunne,Niamh TI - Competition law and economic regulation: making and managing markets SN - 9781107070561 U1 - 343.240723 CY - United Kingdom PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Competition, Unfair KW - United States KW - European Union countries KW - Antitrust law KW - LAW / Antitrust KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-359) and index; Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Competition law as regulation; 3. Regulation, deregulation and the space for competition law; 4. Concurrent application of competition law and regulation; 5. Institutional issues at the interface of competition law and regulation; 6. Analysis and conclusions N2 - "Niamh Dunne undertakes a systematic exploration of the relationship between competition law and economic regulation as legal mechanisms of market control. Beginning from a theoretical assessment of these legal instruments as discrete mechanisms, the author goes on to address numerous facets of the substantive interrelationship between competition law and economic regulation. She considers, amongst other aspects, the concept of regulatory competition law; deregulation, liberalisation and 'regulation for competition'; the concurrent application of competition law in regulated markets; and relevant institutional aspects including market study procedures, the distribution of enforcement powers between competition agencies and sector regulators, and certain legal powers that demonstrate a 'hybridised' quality lying between competition law and economic regulation. Throughout her assessment, Dunne identifies and explores recurrent considerations that inform and shape the optimal relationship between these legal mechanisms within any jurisdiction"-- UR - http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/70561/cover/9781107070561.jpg ER -