Evaluation of the Office for Protection of Competition Decisions Regarding Abuse of Dominance with an Effects-Based Approach
| Thesis title in Czech: | Hodnocení rozhodnutí ÚOHS v případech zneužití dominance přístupem založeným na následcích |
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| Thesis title in English: | Evaluation of the Office for Protection of Competition Decisions Regarding Abuse of Dominance with an Effects-Based Approach |
| Key words: | hospodářská soutěž, ÚOHS, zneužití dominantního postavení |
| English key words: | effect-based approach, Office for Protection of Competition, abuse of dominance |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2016/2017 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES) |
| Supervisor: | PhDr. Pavel Vacek, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 09.11.2016 |
| Date of assignment: | 09.11.2016 |
| Date and time of defence: | 25.01.2017 09:00 |
| Venue of defence: | Opletalova - Opletalova 26, O314, Opletalova - místn. č. 314 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 26.11.2016 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 25.01.2017 |
| Opponents: | Mgr. Jindřich Matoušek, Ph.D. |
| Advisors: | PhDr. Pavel Vacek, Ph.D. |
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| Preliminary scope of work |
| Methodology:
The author will use the collection of decisions of the Office for Protection of Competition. The focus will be on evaluating the market situation before and after a company was charged with the abuse of dominance from consumers' viewpoint. From that the author shall try to judge, whether the effect was predictable from the data before the intervention using mainly theories developed by Chicago and post-Chicago school economists. Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Theories of effects-based approach literature overview 3. The role of the Office for Protection of Competition according to law 4. Discussion of case studies 4.1. Evaluation 4.2. Alternative solutions 5. Policy recommendations 6. Conclusion |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| Effects-based approaches have been gaining ground in both theory and market regulation even in Europe in recent years. Their goal is to shift the focus of regulation to final impact on consumers' welfare, allowing dominant players to function freely when consumers' utility is thus maximized. The aim of this thesis is to analyze some of the decisions of the Office for Protection of Competition from the perspective of an effect-based approach to evaluate their efficiency and their impact on consumers. The author will also try to suggest alternative solutions that might lead to better outcomes in the individual cases and draw some basic recommendations for their implementation.
Main sources: Books and articles: 1. Arezzo, Emanuela, Is There a Role for Market Definition and Dominance in an Effects-Based Approach? (February 2007). ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION: NEW INTERPRETATION, NEW ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM?, Series: MPI Studies on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Vol. 5, M.O. Mackenrodt, B. Conde Gallego & S. Enchelmaier, eds., Springer, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=964199or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.964199 2. Bougette, Patrice and Deschamps, Marc and Marty, Frédéric M., When Economics Met Antitrust: The Second Chicago School and the Economization of Antitrust Law (July 01, 2014). GREDEG Working Paper No. 201423. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2470429 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2470429 3. Etro, Federico and Kokkoris, Ioannis (2010): An Economic Approach to Abuse of Dominance, Working Papers 190, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised Jun 2010. Available at http://dipeco.economia.unimib.it/repec/pdf/mibwpaper190.pdf 4. Hovenkamp, Herbert (1985): Antitrust policy after Chicago, Michigan Law Review Vol. 84, No. 2 (Nov., 1985), pp. 213-284 5. Posner, Richard A. (1976): Antitrust law: an economic perspective, Chicago : University of Chicago Press Webpages: 1. http://www.uohs.cz/ Relevant laws: 1. Zákon č. 143/2001 Sb., o ochraně hospodářské soutěže ve znění pozdějších přepisů 2. Zákon č. 273/1996 Sb., o působnosti Úřadu pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže ve znění pozdějších přepisů |