Measuring the deterrence properties of competition policy: the Competition Policy Indexes

Buccirossi, Paolo and Ciari, Lorenzo and Duso, Tomaso and Spagnolo, Giancarlo and Vitale, Cristiana (October 2009): Measuring the deterrence properties of competition policy: the Competition Policy Indexes. SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 284

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe in detail a set of newly developed indicators of the quality of competition policy, Competition Policy Indexes, or CPIs. The CPIs measure the deterrence properties of a competition policy in a jurisdiction, where for competition policy we mean the antitrust legislation, including the merger control provisions, and its enforcement. The CPIs incorporate data on how the key features of a competition policy regime score against a benchmark of generally-agreed best practices and summarise them so as to allow cross-country and cross-time comparisons. The CPIs have been calculated for a sample of 13 OECD jurisdictions over the period 1995-2005.

• Item Type: Paper (Discussion Paper)
• Keywords: Competition Policy, Indicator, Deterrence, Competition Law
• Collections: Special Research Fields > Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems; Special Research Fields > Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems > C5 - Wettbewerbspolitik als Steuerung von Wettbewerbsprozessen
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• JEL Classification: K21, K42, L40
• Language: English