The international dimension of EU competition policy: does regional supranational regulation hinder protectionism?

Diplôme Thèse The international dimension of EU competition policy: does regional supranational regulation hinder protectionism? eng 2016-03-19 author Yoshizawa Hikaru 783306 director Schwok René 0000-0001-6536-3601 28948 director Goetschy Janine 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:82403 urn:nbn:ch:unige-824034 SdS 32 There is an increasing recognition of the international presence and regulatory influence of the EU in competition policy. Despite a scholarly focus on its international dimension, the issue of nationality-based discrimination has insufficiently been investigated in the EU competition policy literature. Thus, this research aims to fill this gap by examining whether the EU internally and externally utilizes its competition rules for the promotion of national/European champions, while disadvantaging non-EU based companies operating inside and outside the European internal market. Empirical findings validate two hypotheses of this research: that the supranational institutional setting of the EU in competition policy constrains the ability of member states to use their competition policies for neomercantilist, and even for protectionist purposes; and that the institutional setup assures nationality-blind enforcement by EU competition regulators, even vis-à-vis non-EU based companies. The research also identifies key systemic factors which constrain the EU's regulatory power in competition policy. European Union Competition policy EU competition policy Regulation Dewey 320 121 Département de science politique et relations internationales T3 false 3db3adc7-50a0-4901-bd78-7f14c4f15d37 Thesis Restricted Thesis_Hikaru_Yoshizawa.pdf 1341456 application/pdf 67d01dddecc9a0dfb257170caecef9888d4b12d008013af4aa1912cf3486b554 restrictedAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales

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