Competition Policy in East Asia draws together a collection of papers on competition policy that were presented at the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Pacific Area Forum on Trade and Development (PAFTAD), held in Manila on 16-18 September 2002. It seeks to clarify the issues and provide a framework for understanding competition policy, looking in depth at a number of regulated sectors for additional perspectives Until two or three decades ago, competition and consumer protection policies were the preserve of the major developed economies like the United States, the United Kingdom and some European countries. Now competition issues are at the top of the international agenda as globalisation spreads and as the operations of the World Trade Organisation, the World Bank, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and other organisations have brought about a realisation that regulatory reform - and in many economies the creation for the first time of regulatory instruments for competition and consumer protection - is an imperative.
Edited by:
Erlinda Medalla Series edited by:
Peter Drysdale Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 690g ISBN:9780415350754 ISBN 10: 0415350751 Series:PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series Pages: 284 Publication Date:25 April 2005 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
List of Tables List of Figures List of Contributors Preface Abbreviations 1. Overview: Understanding Competition Policy 2. The State of Competition Policy and Law in East Asia and the Pacific 3. Implementing an Effective Competition Policy: Skills and Synergies 4. Competition Policy, Economic Development and the Multilateral Trading System: An Overview of the Linkages and Current Proposals for an Agreement in the WTO 5. The State of Competition and Performance of Electricity Markets: A Review 6. The Telecommunications Industry 7. The Airline Industry 8. The Shipping Industry 9. The Insurance Industry 10. Interaction between Contract and Competition Law 11. Implications for APEC and Regional Capacity Building Index