Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law A Differentiated Approach

Kai Huschelrath and Sebastian Peyer
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Kai Huschelrath: ZEW Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
Sebastian Peyer: Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia

No 2013-05, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) from Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between public and private enforcers introducing a more differentiated approach. In contrast to the existing literature, we take into account that the costs and benefits of detection and prosecution and, thus, the usefulness of each enforcement mode may change with a variation of the type of anticompetitive conduct. We define a set of parameters that determine the costs and benefits of both types to enforce the antitrust laws and discuss implications for European competition law and policy.

Keywords: Competition policy; public enforcement; private enforcement; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K21 L40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04-01
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