The article reviews the enforcement of the EU competition policy in the food sector in order to evaluate its actual ability to promote a fair and efficient food supply. Competition policy is scrutinized stemming from the different perspectives offered by 3 antitrust schools, namely, the Harvard, the Chicago, and the post-Chicago Schools. The main finding of the article is that with reforms carried out in the 1990s, EU competition policy has followed the shift that occurred in the United States since the late 1970s from the traditionalist Harvard School to the Chicago and post-Chicago Schools of antitrust. The general effect of this shift has been a significant drop in antitrust enforcement and merger control activity. As a consequence, currently competition policy is not able to tackle the wide range of social and economic problems associated with the overwhelming power of large agrofood corporations. © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Competition Policy and Food Sector in the European Union / Sodano, Valeria; Verneau, Fabio. - In: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD & AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING. - ISSN 1528-6983. - 26:3(2014), pp. 155-172. [10.1080/08974438.2013.833576]

Competition Policy and Food Sector in the European Union

SODANO, VALERIA;VERNEAU, FABIO
2014

Abstract

The article reviews the enforcement of the EU competition policy in the food sector in order to evaluate its actual ability to promote a fair and efficient food supply. Competition policy is scrutinized stemming from the different perspectives offered by 3 antitrust schools, namely, the Harvard, the Chicago, and the post-Chicago Schools. The main finding of the article is that with reforms carried out in the 1990s, EU competition policy has followed the shift that occurred in the United States since the late 1970s from the traditionalist Harvard School to the Chicago and post-Chicago Schools of antitrust. The general effect of this shift has been a significant drop in antitrust enforcement and merger control activity. As a consequence, currently competition policy is not able to tackle the wide range of social and economic problems associated with the overwhelming power of large agrofood corporations. © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
2014
Competition Policy and Food Sector in the European Union / Sodano, Valeria; Verneau, Fabio. - In: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD & AGRIBUSINESS MARKETING. - ISSN 1528-6983. - 26:3(2014), pp. 155-172. [10.1080/08974438.2013.833576]
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