The Directorate General for Competition at the European Commission enforces competition law in the areas of antitrust, merger control, and State aid. After providing a general presentation of the role of the Chief Competition Economist’s team, this article surveys some of the main developments at the Directorate General for Competition over 2019/2020. In particular, the article reviews the economic analysis in the Qualcomm predation case, recent developments in the assessment of vertical mergers, as well as the new “Temporary Framework” that has been developed in the wake of the COVID pandemic.
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Karlinger, L., Magos, D., Régibeau, P., & Zenger, H. (2020). Recent Developments at DG Competition: 2019/2020. Review of Industrial Organization, 57(4), 783–814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11151-020-09796-6
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