Competition policy

Bruegel Publication Launch: Manufacturing Europe's Future

Manufacturing Europe’s future

‘Manufacturing Europe’s future’ means getting the policies right for firms to grow and prosper. It is not about picking one sector over another, but p

Euribor and the limits of antitrust

The European Commission is investigating a suspected banking industry cartel, one of the many consequences of the opening of the London Interbank Offe

The future of manufacturing: increasingly demanding demand

The competitive harm of minority shareholding

Standard-setting abuse: the case for antitrust control

The issue: Standards reduce production costs and increase the value of products to consumers. Think about mobile phones: using the same technolog

Competition policy trends in South Korea

Economists often talk about a strong correlation between market development and enforcement of competition policy rules. That is not surprising: compe

EU antitrust control and patent abuses

Standard-setting abuse: the case for antitrust control

Standards reduce production costs and increase the value of products to consumers; ultimately they significantly contribute to economic development. S

European antitrust control and standard setting

Standards reduce production costs and increase products’ value to consumers. Standards however entail risks of anti-competitive abuse...

Thunderbolts in the patent storm – EU and US antitrust strikes in the Samsung and Google-Motorola cases

Standards and standard-setting processes play a key role in fostering European economic development. Standards ensure interoperability of networks and

European antitrust fines: a new wave of deterrence?

The European Commission just delivered the highest aggregate fine in its history for operating a cartel: €1.47bn (see Euractive). That comes at the en

Smart choices for growth

Recovery in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain is held back in part by structural barriers. Overcoming these requires structural reform and public inve

The value of a well-designed EU patent

Compétitivité : les trois débats

Un seul suffirait au malheur du gouvernement. Mais sur la compétitivité, trois débats s’enchevêtrent : ils portent sur l’urgence d’une réponse&nb

Intellectual Property Rights and Antitrust – is there light at the end of the tunnel? Part 2