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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449802703321

Autore

Suzuki Kenji <1968, >

Titolo

Competition law reform in Britain and Japan : comparative analysis of policy network / / Kenji Suzuki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge

Sweden : , : European Institute of Japanese Studies, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-52070-0

1-280-05685-1

0-203-16694-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics and business series ; ; 4

Disciplina

343.420721

Soggetti

Antitrust law - Great Britain

Antitrust law - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Early history and cases of invention-type policy innovation in the 1970s; 3 Actor interests and cohesion in the competition policy network of the 1970s; 4 Distribution of power resources in the competition policy network of the 1970s; 5 External changes and the reform of British and Japanese competition law in the 1990s; 6 Interests of the core actors in the competition policy network of the 1990s; 7 Changes in the distribution of power resources from the 1970s to the 1990s

8 Conclusion: the reform of competition law and development of the competition policy network in Britain and JapanNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As market competition replaces state regulation in many economic fields, competition policy has become an area of increasing significance. Against this background, Suzuki highlights the importance of the domestic political structure for competition policy. He does this through the comparative analysis of competition law reforms in Britain



and Japan. He argues - controversially - that a country's domestic political structure should be considered a major factor in causing the reform of competition law, and rejects the established view that it is necessarily a result of changes in international e