Measuring the deterrence properties of competition policy: The competition policy indexes

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The aim of this paper is to describe in detail a set of newly developed indicators of the quality of competition policy, Competition Policy Indexes, or CPIs. The CPIs measure the deterrence properties of a competition policy in a jurisdiction, where for competition policy we mean the antitrust legislation, including the merger control provisions, and its enforcement. The CPIs incorporate data on how the key features of a competition policy regime score against a benchmark of generally-agreed best practices and summarise them so as to allow crosscountry and cross-time comparisons. The CPIs have been calculated for a sample of 13 OECD jurisdictions over the period 1995-2005.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2009-15

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Antitrust Law ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; Antitrust Issues and Policies: General
• Subject: Competition Policy ; Indicator ; Deterrence ; Competition Law

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Buccirossi, Paolo ; Ciari, Lorenzo ; Duso, Tomaso ; Spagnolo, Giancarlo ; Vitale, Cristiana
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51214
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