"Foreword and acknowledgements" [2004] ELECD 44; in Buigues, A. Pierre; Rey, Patrick (eds), "The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation in Telecommunications" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004)

Book Title: The Economics of Antitrust and Regulation in Telecommunications

Editor(s): Buigues, A. Pierre; Rey, Patrick

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843765103

Section Title: Foreword and acknowledgements

Number of pages: 4

Extract:

Foreword and acknowledgements

This book is the result of close co-operation between EU antitrust officials and academic
economists. As a result, it is neither a comprehensive overview of the economic literature on
the telecommunications industry, nor a detailed presentation of antitrust principles and case-
law for that sector. Instead, it aims to address the integration of economics with the factual
specificities of the telecommunications industry in order to further enhance the treatment of
antitrust cases in the sector.
This aim is reflected in the fact that half of the contributions are from EU officials (mainly
from the antitrust unit in charge of the telecommunications industry), while the other half
are from academic economists. As a result, the reader will find, in each chapter, both an
economist's perspective and the view of a Commission case-handler. The opinions ex-
pressed by Commission officials are the personal view of the speakers and do not necessarily
reflect the position of the Commission.
We hope that this work will help foster the dialogue between outside academics and
insider experts in Europe and contribute to a convergence of legal and economic approaches
to EU antitrust policy.
This work documents a conference, `The economics of antitrust and regulation in the
telecommunications sector', held in Brussels on 16 September 2002. That conference was
the culmination of a one-year project in which officials from the telecoms unit of the
European Commission's DG Competition and a group of high-level European economists
worked together on ...