Résumé
Competition law has proliferated around the world. Due to data limitations, however, there is little systematic information about the substance and enforcement of these laws. In this article, we address that problem by introducing two new datasets on competition law regimes around the world. First, we introduce the Comparative Competition Law Dataset, which codes competition laws in 131 jurisdictions between 1889 to 2010. Second, we introduce the Comparative Competition Enforcement Dataset, which provides data on competition agencies’ resources and activities in 100 jurisdictions between 1990 and 2010. These datasets offer the most comprehensive picture of competition law yet assembled and provide a new foundation for empirical research on the legal regimes used to regulate markets.
| Langue d'origine | English |
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| Pages (de-à) | 411-443 |
| Nombre de pages | 33 |
| Journal | Journal of Empirical Legal Studies |
| Volume | 16 |
| Numéro de publication | 2 |
| DOI | |
| Statut de publication | Published - juin 2019 |
Financement
This research is part of a tremendous data-gathering effort that has left us indebted to many. We are particularly grateful to the over 100 national competition enforcement agencies that shared data with us as well as to the UNCTAD, the ICN, and the ECN for facilitating this effort among their members. Several competition law professionals, students, and colleagues around the world provided invaluable help in this process. The final datasets reflect the outstanding work of over 100 Columbia Law School and the University of Chicago Law School students who helped us retrieve, review, and process the data used in this study over the course of five years and more than 10,000 hours. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Foundation, which funded the first phase of the data gathering. See Collaborative Research: “The Law and Politics of Antitrust in Open Economies,” NSF-Law & Social Sciences Grants 1228453 & 1228483, awarded in Sept. 2012. The coding was subsequently expanded with the generous support of the Columbia Public Policy Grant: “Does Antitrust Policy Promote Market Performance and Competitiveness?” awarded in June 2015, and with the help of additional financial support from Columbia Law School.
| Bailleurs de fonds | Numéro du bailleur de fonds |
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| Columbia Law School | |
| National Science Foundation |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Education
- Law