Competition Principles Under Threat : IDRC Pre-ICN Forum on Competition and Development, Zurich, 2 June 2009; record of the proceedings

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2009

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Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research, University of St. Gallen, CH

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Both developing and industrialized country governments have been forcing mergers, bailing out failing firms, rolling back procurement rules, requiring banks to allocate credit preferentially to domestic firms, and authorizing new state aid. The implementation of these measures can reverse decades of slowly-won support for competition norms. The report covers the workshop and presentations organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) and co-sponsored by the Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) as hosts of the 2009 Annual Conference of the International Competition Network (ICN).

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COMPETITION POLICY, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC RECESSION, POLITICAL CRISIS, PROTECTIONIST MEASURES, STATE INTERVENTION

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48043

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Competition Policy / Politique de la concurrence
Global and Multi-regional / Projets mondiaux et multirégionaux
Research Results (GGP) / Résultats de recherches (MCP)