TY  - JOUR
N1  - J.E.L.: K21
AV  - none
TI  - Antitrust?, Grazie, abbiamo altri impegni!
SP  - 231
VL  - XIV
A1  - Giannaccari, Andrea
UR  - http://www.rivisteweb.it/issn/1590-5128/issue/3499
Y1  - 2012/09//
KW  - law and economics
KW  -  competition law
KW  -  commitment decisions
KW  -  antitrust enforcement practice  
SN  - 1590-5128 
N2  - The paper critically analyzes the enforcement practice of the competition authority as related to the use of commitments decisions to conclude an antitrust investigation. In this perspective ? and to derive conclusions about the use, suitability and appropriateness of this legal instrument ? a quantitative and qualitative analysis is carried out paying specific attention to its most relevant variables: the adoption rate, the comparison with the EU practice, the typology of commitments and their consistency with the ?concerns? detected in the preliminary investigation phases, the rate of presentation and acceptance, and finally the efficiency of this process in leading to the formal conclusion of the case as compared to the ordinary one. On the basis of the findings of such an analysis, operated since the enactment of the legal rule, it is then assessed the change in the authority enforcement practice induced by an excessive expansion of the scope of the commitments decisions, with the view to suggest a discontinuity.
ID  - eprints1605
EP  - 272
PB  - Il Mulino
JF  - Mercato Concorrenza Regole
IS  - 2
ER  -