Competition authority independence, antitrust effectiveness, and institutions

Tay-Cheng Ma

International Review of Law and Economics, 2010, vol. 30, issue 3, 226-235

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationships among the competition authority's independence, antitrust effectiveness, and institutions. The evidence suggests that the authority's effectiveness is empirically associated with the independence. However, it is the de facto and not de jure independence that matters for antitrust effectiveness. Besides, the de facto independence is the main mediating channel through which the institutions influence antitrust effectiveness.

Keywords: Antitrust; effectiveness; Independence; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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