TY - BOOK AU - Akman,Pinar TI - The Concept of Abuse in EU Competition Law: Law and Economic Approaches T2 - Hart Studies in Competition Law Series SN - 9781847318893 AV - KJE6497 -- .A957 2012eb U1 - 343.240721 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Antitrust law -- European Union countries KW - Competition, Unfair -- European Union countries KW - Abuse of administrative power -- European Union countries KW - Electronic books N1 - Prelims -- Acknowledgements -- Note to the Reader -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Introduction -- I. Theoretical and Historical Foundations -- 1. Welfare and Objectives of Competition Law and Policy -- 2. The Historical Roots of Article 102 TFEU -- II. Two Potential Objectives: 'Welfare' and 'Fairness' -- 3. Welfare in Article 102 TFEU -- 4. 'Fairness' in Article 102 TFEU -- III. Conflicting Objectives in Practice: Two Case Studies -- 5. A Case Study on 'Fairness' Versus 'Welfare': 'Unfair Pricing' As an Abuse -- 6. A Case Study on 'Fairness' Versus 'Welfare': 'Discrimination' as an Abuse -- IV. Modernising the Approach to 'Abuse' -- 7. The 'Reformed' Approach to 'Abuse' -- 8. A New Approach to 'Abuse' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - The objective(s) of Article 102 TFEU, what exactly makes a practice abusive and the standard of harm under Article 102 TFEU have not yet been settled. Using law and economic approaches, this book inquires into the possible objectives of Article 102 TFEU and proposes a modern approach to interpreting 'abuse' UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1772951 ER -