Delimiting the social boundaries of competition law in asean: a common approach?
This paper examines the interface between the economic and social elements of competition law in ASEAN. Generally, the aim of competition law should be to protect the process of competition, promote market efficiencies and enhance consumer welfare in the countries. Nevertheless there is a conce...
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| Language: | English English |
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International Islamic University Malaysia
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/40750/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40750/1/IIUMLJ.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/40750/2/133-435-3-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper examines the interface between the economic
and social elements of competition law in ASEAN.
Generally, the aim of competition law should be to protect
the process of competition, promote market efficiencies
and enhance consumer welfare in the countries.
Nevertheless there is a concern arising from such
interface. Competition law strives to ensure competition
and economic efficiency but market structure and
behavior which harm competition or lead to inefficiency
may have positive impact on the society. Along these
lines, this paper looks into the social applications of
competition legislation of Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore
and Malaysia. Variations between different ASE |
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