Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics Volume 1

<p>More than any other area of regulation antitrust economics shapes law and policy in the United States the Americas Europe and Asia. In a number of different areas of antitrust advances in theory and empirical work have caused a fundamental reevaluation and shift of some of the assumptions behind antitrust policy. This reevaluation has profound implications for the future of the field.<br /> <em>The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics</em> has collected chapters from many of the leading figures in antitrust. In doing so this two volume Handbook provides an important reference guide for scholars teachers and practitioners. However it is more than a merely reference guide. Rather it has a number of different goals. First it takes stock of the current state of scholarship across a number of different antitrust topics. In doing so it relies primarily upon the economics scholarship. In some situations though there is also coverage of legal scholarship case law developments and legal policies.<br /> The second goal of the Handbook is to provide some ideas about future directions of antitrust scholarship and policy. Antitrust economics has evolved over the last 60 years. It has both shaped policy and been shaped by policy. <em>The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics</em> will serve as a policy and research guide of next steps to consider when shaping the future of the field of antitrust.</p>