Analysis of the Network of Competition Authorities in Europe: A Core-Periphery Structure

Analyse du réseau des autorités de concurrence en Europe: une structure centre-périphérie

Benoît Berquier
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Benoît Berquier: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel

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Abstract: The decentralisation of part of merger control with parallel enforcement by the European Commission and the national competition authorities (NCAs) was facilitated by the 2004 EU merger reform. In proposing an original representation of the NCAs within a network of referrals accepted by the European Commission, this paper investigates the impact of the reform on the position of the NCAs within the network. Network analysis tools reveal a network with a core-periphery structure, in which the position of the actors is explained by GDP. The 2004 merger reform reinforced the structure around the core formed by the German, French, and UK competition authorities

Keywords: anaylse des réseaux; commission européenne; contrôle des concentrations; réforme réglementaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-06
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Published in Economie et Prévision, 2021, n° 218 (1), pp.105-131. ⟨10.3917/ecop1.218.0110⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/ecop1.218.0110

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