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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458059503321

Titolo

Competition policy in East Asia / / [edited by] Erlinda Medalla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-26758-4

1-280-22656-0

9786610226566

0-203-31235-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)

Altri autori (Persone)

MedallaErlinda M

Disciplina

343.5/0721

Soggetti

Restraint of trade - East Asia

Antitrust law - East Asia

Competition, Unfair - East Asia

Competition - Government policy - East Asia

Electronic books.

East Asia Commercial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Perspectives on competition policy : an overview of the issues / Erlinda M. Medalla -- The evolution of competition  law in East Asia  / Ping Lin -- Implementing an effective competition policy : skills and synergies / Rod Shogren -- Competition policy, economic  development, and the possible role of a multilateral framework on competition policy : insights from the WTO working group on trade and competition  policy / Robert Anderson and Frederic Jenny -- Competition in electricity markets /  Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza --  Telecommunications  / Christopher Findlay, Roy Chun Lee, Alexandra Sidorenko and Mari Pangestu -- The airline industry / Ralph Huenemann and Anming Zhang -- The shipping industry / Deunden Nikomborirak -- The insurance industry / Melanie S. Milo -- The interaction between contract and competition law / Lewis Evansy and Neil Quigley -- Regional cooperation in competition policy / David K. Round.

Sommario/riassunto

Competition Policy in East Asia clarifies the key issues and provides a



framework for understanding competition policy, looking in-depth at a number of regulated sectors for additional perspectives.Until two or three decades ago, competition and consumer protection policies were the preserve of the major developed economies like the United States, the United Kingdom and some European countries. Now competition issues are at the top of the international agenda as globalization spreads and as the operations of the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the Asia Pacific Econom