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European Competition Policy and Globalization

Palgrave Macmillan
  • International appeal, demonstrating the role of the EU commission in influencing global competition policy and it's impact on industries as diverse as Boeing, Microsoft and it's role in the financial crisis and state aid to banks.
  • Interdisciplinary appeal, will be of use across a range of subjects, including European Politics, Public Policy, International Relations and Business studies.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction: Globalization and Public Policy

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 1-15
  3. Development of European Competition Policy

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 16-29
  4. EU Merger Review

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 30-54
  5. The EU and Anticompetitive Practices

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 55-71
  6. State Aids

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 72-88
  7. The EU and Global Competition Policy

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 89-104
  8. Competition Policy in the 21st Century

    • Chad Damro, Terrence R. Guay
    Pages 105-122
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 123-146

About this book

This book examines the domestic and international dimensions of European Union (EU) competition policy, particularly mergers, anti-competitive practices and state aids. The authors argue that important changes in EU competition policy are having profound effects on the global political economy, and these changes are best understood as European Commission responses to new domestic and international pressures. Using a two-level game analytical framework that is both intra-EU and global in scope, Damro and Guay investigate a wide variety of domestic and foreign public and private actors that interact in crucial ways to determine the development and implementation of EU competition policy. They address this broad question: In what ways do changing external and internal factors affect the evolution of the EU's competition policy and the role that the Commission plays in it? Among the conclusions is that the EU – and particularly the European Commission – has become a leading global regulator.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Chad Damro

  • Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

    Terrence R. Guay

About the authors

Chad Damro is Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations and Co-Director of the Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he teaches honours and post-graduate courses on EU external relations. His research focuses on international and domestic sources of International Relations and the interaction of material, institutional and ideational factors in EU external relations.

Terrence R. Guay is Clinical Professor of International Business at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University, USA, where he teaches undergraduate and MBA international business courses. His research focuses on the competition between governments, international organizations, NGOs, and other non-state actors to shape business behavior and the international business environment, with an emphasis on Europe.

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