Friday, July 28, 2017
The Commission’s e-commerce sector inquiry – Time to change presumptions on vertical restraints?
Lars Wiethaus and Simon Chisholm discuss The Commission’s e-commerce sector inquiry – Time to change presumptions on vertical restraints?
ABSTRACT: In May 2017, the European Commission published the final report of its e-commerce sector inquiry. In this article, published in Competition Law and Policy Debate, Lars Wiethaus and Simon Chisholm review the findings relating to e-commerce in goods and, from an economic perspective, assess whether the motivations of firms to employ vertical restraints support possible pro-competitive or anti-competitive interpretations. For the full article, click the link below.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2017/07/the-commissions-e-commerce-sector-inquiry-time-to-change-presumptions-on-vertical-restraints.html