The paper focuses on two recent advances in the antitrust approach to horizontal agreements. First, the so-called leniency programs are extensively assessed. Leniency programs not only help competition authorities in their ex-post investigation of collusive behaviour but are, above all, forceful instruments of ex-ante deterrence. Second, facilitating practices are analysed to show how they can help overcome an intrinsic tension between the economic and the legal notions of collusive behaviour.
Grillo, M., Recenti sviluppi in tema di intese orizzontali, in Carla, R. B., Piero, B. (ed.), 20 anni di Antitrust, Giappichelli Editore, Torino 2010: 649- 661 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/25819]
Recenti sviluppi in tema di intese orizzontali
Grillo, Michele
2010
Abstract
The paper focuses on two recent advances in the antitrust approach to horizontal agreements. First, the so-called leniency programs are extensively assessed. Leniency programs not only help competition authorities in their ex-post investigation of collusive behaviour but are, above all, forceful instruments of ex-ante deterrence. Second, facilitating practices are analysed to show how they can help overcome an intrinsic tension between the economic and the legal notions of collusive behaviour.
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