A Commissioner s Primer to Economics of Competition Law in India

This book is a primer on economics of competition law by a Commissioner based on cases of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). It presents economic theories in lucid ways while providing an in depth economic analysis of the cases dealt by CCI and in the process, it blends the diversity of responses by including the orders upheld by majority and minority. In essence. It is a unique work that addresses the gap between competition law and economics.

Provides economics of competition law applied to cases of Competition Commission of India in lucid terms Presents an in-depth analysis using economic theory to capture the dynamics of market and competition Addresses the gap in books on competition law and economics

Auteur
Dr Geeta Gouri has served as a Commissioner (Member), Competition Commission of India (2009-2014) and earlier as Director (Tariffs), Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (1999-2009), India. She has also taught at institutions which included Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Development Banking, Hyderabad; Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, and Lady Shri Ram College for Women (Delhi University), New Delhi.

She has authored Pricing for Welfare: Petroleum Products in India (1988), Privatisation and Public Enterprises: The Asia-Pacific Experience (1991), Efficiency through Competition in Public Utilities - Policies for Restructuring (1993), Towards Equity: New Economic Policy and Equity (1995).

Contenu

Chapter 1: Regulation and Competition.- Chapter 2: Economics of Competition and Markets.- Chapter 3: Emergent Markets.- Chapter4: Economics of Horizontal Agreements and Vertical Agreements.- Chapter 5: Dynamics of Competition and Antitrust.- Chapter 6: Economic Analysis of Combinations: Mergers, Amalgamations and Acquisitions.- Chapter 7: Interface between Competition Commission of India and Sectoral Regulators.- Chapter 8: Conclusions: Challenges for Competition Policy and Law.