Choice - A New Standard for Competition Law Analysis?

In this book, ten prominent authors offer eleven contributions that provide their
varying perspectives on the subject of consumer choice in the EU, Member States,
and in the US. Various aspects of consumer choice are covered, such as the concept of
freedom of choice in the application of EU competition law; the antitrust enforcement
application of consumer choice by agencies; the historical origin of consumer choice
as a concept grounded in German ordoliberalism; the economic approach adopted
as well as the use of consumer welfare and consumer choice in EU competition law
to reconcile it with intellectual property law; consumer choice as a mean to facilitate
convergence between US antitrust law and EU competition law, etc.
This volume offers readers an exhaustive and multifaceted discussion of the crucial
concept of consumer choice and its relevance for modern competition law.