During the Seminar organized the 17th of October of 2008, Marie-Dominique Hagelsteen and Thibaud Vergé talked about producer-distributor relations. The seminar was animed by Anne Perrot, vice-president of the Competition Authority. Créé à la fin des années 1980 au sein de la Direction de la (...)

During the Nasse Seminar organized the 13th of December of 2012, Patrick Rey and Jérôme Philippe talked about two-sided markets. The seminar was animed by Thibaud Vergé, chief economist of the Competition authority. Créé à la fin des années 1980 au sein de la Direction de la Prévision, le séminaire (...)

In the last few years, the Autorité de la concurrence often made reference to the price-elasticity of demand when evaluation the harm caused to the economy. However, this concept is not relevant when the relevant products are imperfect substitutes. In this extremely common case, one should (...)

This chapter focuses on the treatment of vertical restraints in European competition policy, which has put more emphasis on intra-brand competition, compared with what can be observed in other regions. The first part of the paper relates this emphasis to the objective of the European, namely, (...)

This set of two papers is derived from the training session organized by the Concurrences Review that was held on 20th March 2012 in Paris. The contributions examine the legal and economic issues that joint ventures may raise in the context of the implementation of merger control rules. Le (...)

This set of three papers is derived from the training session on the commitments organized by Concurrences Review that has held on 10th May 2011 in Paris. Commitments for both mergers and unilateral practices represent what may be considered a bright outcome, from the perspective of (...)