Product Description: English summary: Savings banks in Germany have to adhere to the so-called regional principle. They are municipal institutions and have to fulfill their tasks in their respective communities. Stefan Thomas questions whether it can be argued from EU-competition law that savings banks have to be transferred into a system of inter-municipal competition...read more

Product Description: English summary: The study scrutinizes and evaluates the proposal of introducing a deconcentration instrument into German antitrust law. The authors of the present book take the position that companies must not become the object of governmental market design...read more

Product Description: European merger control is among the most important and complex aspects of competition law. The rapid pace of development in this area presents a further challenge: legislation and guidance documents are frequently issued and updated, and the formidable body of Court and Commission case-law continues to grow at a daunting rate...read more