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The “new” horizontal agreements approach in the EU: An “economic” assessment

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  1. Regulation Nos. 2658/2000 and 2659/2000 OJL 304, 05.12.2000, p. 3 and p. 7 respectively.

  2. See OJC 3, 06.01.2001, p. 2.

  3. See e.g. the 1969 London edition. For an overview of the development of the economic motive and principle in economics, see J. A. H. Maks: The Evolution of the Economic Principle and Motive towards a Creative Homo Agens, in: J. G. Backhaus: Evolutionary Economic Thought, European Contributions and Concepts, Cheltenham 2002, Edward Elgar.

  4. Lionel Robbins, op. cit., pp. 16, 24 and 93.

  5. Ibid., Lionel Robbins, p. 46.

  6. Ibid., Lionel Robbins, p. 24.

  7. Ibid., Lionel Robbins, pp. 77–78.

  8. The year of publication of Adam Smith's “Inquiry into the Causes of the Wealth of Nations”.

  9. Cf. G. Stigler: The theory of economic regulation, in: The Bell Journal of Economics, 1971, Vol. 2, pp. 3–21.

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  11. And, as Mok observes, this has nothing to do with competition policy. Cf. R.M. Mok: 20 jaar Wem, in: S.E.W., 1978, Vol. 17, pp. 737–760, here p. 757.

  12. See OECD: Competition and competition policy: the unusual Dutch case, OECD Economic Surveys: The Netherlands, Paris 1993, Ch. 3, pp. 57–87.

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Maks, H. The “new” horizontal agreements approach in the EU: An “economic” assessment. Intereconomics 37, 28–35 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927398

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