A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF U.K. ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

Cento Veljanovski (Case Associates) offers A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF U.K. ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT.

ABSTRACT: The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been a highly rated competition law enforcer. Yet its antitrust performance activities fall far short of this image. Here a critical assessment is made of the OFT's antitrust enforcement activities, and of the claim that there is quantitative survey evidence that the OFT has had a “significant deterrent effect.” It concludes that the evidence for this claim is flawed and not credible.